A metadata repository is a software tool that stores descriptive information about the data model used to store and share metadata. Metadata repositories combine diagrams and text, enabling metadata integration and change. The metadata repository’s power lies with the easily accessible way people can view and navigate its contents. Other Definitions of Metadata Repositories Include: […]
Translating Data into Action
Click to learn more about author Michael D. Shaw. To collect data is to collate data: arranging intelligence by exercising intelligence; analyzing intelligence based on experience; applying intelligence in accord with wisdom. No algorithm can do these things well, just as no amount of artificial intelligence (AI) can supplant the wants of people to interact – to […]
If Your Team Is Remote, Why Isn’t Your Data Storage?
Click to learn more about author Lex Boost. Last year saw the rapid acceleration of the remote work trend. Many companies had to adapt to their workforce no longer being in one centralized location: the office. The transition to remote work may have been challenging at first, but by now most companies have settled into […]
5 Ways Data Provenance Can Benefit Your Business
Click to learn more about author Brian Platz. From hackable medical devices to combating fake news, data provenance is growing in importance. In addition to enabling trust and security, data provenance creates efficiencies for data scientists and opens up new lines of business. In a business environment where online trust is low, regulations such as GDPR are forcing […]
So You Want to be a Cloud Engineer?
It has been predicted that “cloud engineer” will be among the top ten in-demand IT jobs in 2021. There is currently a great need for cloud engineers, primarily because a significant number of organizations are moving their business processes to the cloud. As more organizations shift to cloud data storage, the demand for cloud engineers […]
How Can a Service Mesh Improve Your Microservices Architecture?
Click to learn more about author Paolo Filippelli. A wealth of interesting technologies and methodologies has arisen in recent years under the “cloud-native” umbrella name, and their impact in our lives as developers has been very deep. We were once used to having big monolithic applications, hosted on enterprise application servers deployed on virtualized (and […]
How Do the CCPA and GDPR Affect Cookie Policy?
Click to learn more about author Anas Baig. Data regulations such as the CCPA and GDPR are encouraging organizations to be responsible custodians of consumer data. In order to do so, organizations need to keep track of all avenues through which a consumer’s data can be collected and store it in compliance with the CCPA and GDPR. One of […]
What Is a Wide Column Database?
Wide column databases, or column family databases, refers to a category of NoSQL databases that works well for storing enormous amounts of data that can be collected. Its architecture uses persistent, sparse matrix, multi-dimensional mapping (row-value, column-value, and timestamp) in a tabular format meant for massive scalability (over and above the petabyte scale). Column family […]
Case Study: Enterprise Metadata Repository Facilitates Change at the University of Washington
This past summer The University of Washington went live with Workday, a Software-as-a-Service human capital management solution. It replaced a decades-old HR/payroll (HR/P) system and represented the largest administrative transformation in the school’s history. Human resources personnel are affected by the change, of course, but so too is practically everyone else on campus. That’s to […]
How to Support Identity Governance with AI
Click to learn more about author Jackson Shaw. The software industry has hyped up the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for years, and security – especially the identity governance and administration (IGA) sector – is no exception. As such, the question then becomes not whether a software is AI-enabled, but rather, what value is it really providing […]