Metadata is of critical interest in today’s data-driven business environment, and there is a growing awareness of the need for both business and technical users to embrace it, says Donna Burbank, Managing Director of Global Data Strategy and author of “Data Modeling for the Business” and “Data Modeling Made Simple.” Speaking at a previous Data Architecture Online conference, Burbank talked about practical […]
Data Modeling and Data Models: Not Just for Database Design
“The main purpose of a data model is actually not to design a database – it’s to describe a business,” said Christopher Bradley, information strategist at DMA Advisors. Bradley spoke at a recent Data Architecture Online conference about the purpose of Data Modeling and its role in Data Governance and the modern successful business. Are […]
Knowledge Graphs: Context, Compliance, and Connections
“Graph is leaving a larger and larger footprint. And that is good,” said Thomas Frisendal in Knowledge Graphs and Data Modeling. Gartner named knowledge graphs as part of an emerging trend toward digital ecosystems, showing relationships among enterprises, people, and things, and enabling seamless, dynamic connections across geographies and industries. Elisa Kendall and Deborah McGuinness, […]
Aligning Data Architecture and Data Strategy
Peter Aiken disagrees with the popular idea that it’s impossible to put a dollar value on Data Architecture. “It won’t be the right number, but it will be at least a dollar value on it, and if there’s money involved, people should be paying attention to it.” Aiken is an author, Professor of Information Systems, […]
Data Architecture: One Size Does Not Fit All
There has never been a time when more options were available to stand up a process-driven and/or platform-driven Data Architecture. In recent years, some companies find themselves with an embarrassment of riches, having every tool known to humankind. Using tools à la carte, with a different tool for each solution, works for some organizations. Other […]
Tools for Quick Wins with Data Architecture and Data Governance
Data Governance can have various definitions, depending on the audience. To many, Data Governance consists of committee meetings and stewardship roles. To others, it focuses on technical Data Management and controls. Holistic Data Governance combines both of these aspects, and a robust Data Architecture and associated diagrams can be the “glue” that binds business and […]
Press Release: Agenda Announced and Registration Open for the 2021 Data Architecture Online Event
May 18, 2021 — DATAVERSITY Education LLC announced the agenda and opened registration today for the third annual Data Architecture Online (DAO). This free online event will be held at dataarchitectureonline.com on July 14, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. One of several online events hosted by DATAVERSITY, DAO is designed to teach data […]
Data Architect vs. Data Modeler vs. Data Engineer
Michael Bowers, author and Chief Data Architect at FairCom Corporation, initially set out to research three careers in his presentation titled Data Architect vs. Data Modeler vs. Data Engineer for the DATAVERSITY® Data Architecture Online 2019 Conference. The process brought him to a wealth of information he would have appreciated much earlier in his career, […]
Press Release: DATAVERSITY Announces New Data Architecture Online Event
April 30, 2019— DATAVERSITY Education, LLC announced the agenda and opened registration today for the inaugural Data Architecture Online (DAO). This free online event will be held at dataarchitectureonline.comon July 17, 2019, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. One of several online conferences hosted by DATAVERSITY, DAO is designed to teach data architects, modelers, […]