Agile Data Management has become central to the art of software development and Data Governance. Technology needs to change quickly, adapting to customer and business people’s interactions in a fast-paced corporate world. Consider a freight forwarding company in the Northwest, selling seeds to countries in Europe and Asia. The seed quantity and quality, supplied and […]
Data Lineage and Data Quality: Two Vital Elements for Enterprise Success
“An enterprise CEO really ought to be able to ask a question that involves connecting data across the organization, be able to run a company effectively, and especially, to be able to respond to unexpected events,” said Ian Rowlands, while speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2016 Conference. In his presentation he discussed the […]
Business Glossary Basics
Enterprises continue to grow and so does data environment complexity, including data terminology both internal and external to a particular enterprise. Consider a firm that builds computer chips for new devices. Each project may have its own Database System and Data Dictionary. Yet engineers, management, accountants, and customers need to speak the same language to […]
The Data Warehouse: From the Past to the Present
Bill Inmon, the “Father of Data Warehousing,” defines a Data Warehouse (DW) as, “a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant and non-volatile collection of data in support of management’s decision making process.” In his white paper, Modern Data Architecture, Inmon adds that the Data Warehouse represents “conventional wisdom” and is now a standard part of the corporate infrastructure. […]
The Data Dictionary Demystified
Understanding Big Data and Data Governance goes hand in hand with the concept of a Data Dictionary. Data Dictionaries have been integral to business functions. This article will demystify and help to clarify the Data Dictionary model. What is a Data Dictionary? A Data Dictionary provides the ingredients and steps needed to create relevant business […]
2016 DATAVERSITY Top 20
It’s that time of year again to announce the Top 20 publications by DATAVERSITY in 2016. We are excited to wrap up another great year of education. We published over 100 articles, over 150 blogs, 89 webinars, two online conferences, and five face-to-face conferences. We also launched our new DATAVERSITY Training Center this year where […]
The Enterprise Data Catalog: Use Cases for Having a Time Machine
Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2016 Conference, Jeremy Posner, Senior Director of Data Management and Strategy at Synechron, offered the Enterprise Data Catalog as a useful tool in three use-cases: eDiscovery, Records Management, and Data Sourcing Integration Points. Posner says that the temporal database of an Enterprise Data Catalog can serve as a […]
How to Dive into Data Lakes and Not Drown
Kyvos Insights has a question for Enterprise Analytics executives: How are your Data Lakes working out for you? For many that embarked on journeys to stock up Hadoop based Data Lakes, with everything from structured transaction records to non-relational data such as log files, Internet clickstream records, sensor data, social streams, and so on, the answer has been […]
Get Master Data Management Right – and Fast – with Full-Production Analytics
The accurate information that Master Data Management (MDM) can produce for an enterprise feeds their bigger objectives: helping customers fulfill their centralized customer-view needs for various types of applications and specific business purposes. The Innovative Systems Synchronos Enterprise Master Data Management platform serves both MDM and rapid application development purposes. In June, the MDM Institute […]
2017 Predictions for Data Quality and Data Governance
The need in Enterprise Data Governance is to identify, develop, and structure organizational goals, governance practices, roles, and responsibilities for maximizing the earned benefits from those efforts. Global enterprises can no longer afford to procrastinate on possible Data Quality control approaches; they have to act now. In fact, Gartner warned that by the end of […]