Robert Seiner and Anthony Algmin faced off – in a virtual sense – at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World Conference to determine which is more important: Data Governance, Data Leadership, or Data Architecture. Initially planning to play the theme from “Rocky” as they emerged from backstage wearing capes, these two heavy hitters instead battled it […]
The Future of Data Engineering
A Data Engineering Guide reveals that while people often rely on the work of data engineers — depending on Siri for quick solutions or being enchanted by custom recommendations or promos — they often do not realize that these advanced tools can provide accurate results only because of the hard work put in by data […]
Data Architect vs. Data Engineer
Data careers are becoming increasingly important and popular all across the globe, simply because “data” is the new currency of the data economy. The pandemic gave the needed push to accelerate the digital transformation of global businesses, and currently, the primary market differentiator is an enterprise’s data infrastructure readiness. This data infrastructure comprises systems, processes, […]
Data Warehouse vs. Data Lake Technology: Different Approaches to Managing Data
Solving business problems using big data depends upon the approach taken. For example, if an organization only knows data warehouses, then challenges will be framed to fit using a data warehouse. As Abraham Maslow, a prominent psychologist eloquently said “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat […]
Press Release: Enterprise Data World 2022 Registration Is Open
November 10, 2021 – DATAVERSITY and DAMA International officially opened registration today for the 26th annual Enterprise Data World Conference (EDW). The event will be held March 20-25, 2022, at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, California. For more details about the program, speakers, registration options, venue, and COVID-19 protocols, visit enterprisedataworld.com. “We are delighted […]
Seven Principles to Put DataOps into Practice
You’re going to hear a lot more about DataOps in the coming months and the next couple of years. That’s the word from DataKitchen co-founder Eric Estabrooks. You know something is gaining market traction when Gartner includes it in a hype cycle report. The research firm did just that for DataOps in its Hype […]
Implementing Data Strategy Across the Data Lifecycle
Organizations wishing to implement a Data Strategy—a set of decisions that form a pattern, charting a high-level course of action—face significant challenges in unifying their message across the data lifecycle. Only 30% of companies have a clear organizational Data Strategy, leaving their different departments to figure out how to manage company data assets. Moreover, two […]
The Data Warehouse, the Data Lake, and the Future of Analytics
Data lakes were created in response to the need for Big Data analytics that has been largely unmet by data warehousing. The pendulum swing toward data lake technology provides some remarkable new capabilities, but can be problematic if the swing goes too far in the other direction. Far from being at the end of this […]
Press Release: Agenda Announced for Enterprise Analytics Online 2021
August 24, 2021 — DATAVERSITY announced the agenda and opened registration today for the fifth annual Enterprise Analytics Online (EAO). This free online event will be held at eanalyticsonline.com on October 20, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. One of several online conferences hosted by DATAVERSITY, EAO is designed to teach anyone working with data […]
What Is Data Virtualization?
Data virtualization is a special kind of data integration technology that provides access of data in real time, seamlessly all in one place. Think of it like a television guide which contains a listing of shows on a variety of channels, without having to be on that channel to see the content. In data virtualization, […]