According to a recent press release, DAMA International is actively seeking nominations for this year’s DAMA International Achievement Awards. The organization, which promotes Data Management best practices for data professionals, grants its annual awards to those exhibiting exceptional Data Management skills and real-world impact. If you know a person, team, or organization that stands out […]
Why Data Democratization Is Critical to a Successful Data Strategy
Click to learn more about author Mathias Golombek. An Effective Culture to Underpin Your Strategy A business that looks to become truly data-driven knows that employees are more likely to back the wider strategy if they have access to data that helps them do their jobs better. Data democratization and the positive culture it can […]
What Is a Chief Data Officer (CDO)?
A Chief Data Officer (CDO) helps bridge the gap between technology and business. This person evangelizes an enterprise-wide Data Management strategy at a senior level. The CDO leads Data Management initiatives, enabling an organization to leverage its data assets and gain a competitive advantage from them. A CDO tends to be part business strategist, adviser, […]
A Brief History of Data Literacy
Data Literacy is essentially the ability to read and understand data, much as one might read and understand a magazine article. The primary advantage of having the bulk of the staff made up of people who are data literate is that it reduces the need for data scientists. People on staff can handle many of […]
Shadow IT: Not a Problem or Worse Than Ever?
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. Shadow IT: you’ve probably heard of it. Also known as Stealth IT, this refers to information technology (IT) systems built and used within organizations without explicit organizational approval or deployed by departments other than the IT department. A recent survey of IT decision makers ranked Shadow IT as the lowest […]
IT Spending: The Value-Driven Approach
Click to learn more about author Sachin Reja. Advances in information technology (IT) are forcing businesses in all industries to evaluate their IT spend. The impetus here is to reduce staffing costs and other expenditures while investing more in digital tools and programing. With the landscape of IT evolving and with more platforms being utilized […]
Blockchain Use Cases
Blockchain, which is akin to a distributed and decentralized accounts ledger, can record and verify high volumes of digital transactions, irrespective of location. So, blockchain has the capacity to contribute to many industry sectors, besides finance. As a secure technology platform, blockchain’s main benefits are accuracy, protection against fraud, and easy sharing of information. The […]
Maintaining Consumer Privacy in a Remote Work Era
Click to learn more about author Anurag Kahol. This past year proved to be a time of dramatic change for companies and consumers all around the world. The remote work shift led to a surge in cloud usage as users, devices, apps, and data were forced to move off-premises. In fact, 54 percent of organizations […]
What Is Data Integration?
Data integration refers to actions taken in creating consistent, quality, and usable data from one or more diverse data sets. As technologies become more complex and change over time, data variety and volume grow exponentially and the speed of data transfer becomes ever shorter. Data integration has and will continue to become more critical to […]
Lessons from a Real Disaster Recovery: Plan for Basic Infrastructure (Part II)
Click to learn more about author W. Curtis Preston. You might think that restoring the operating system and data for hundreds of computers would be your primary challenge in a disaster recovery; however, a recent podcast interview with someone who went through an actual disaster recovery says otherwise. This is the second in a series […]