In Data Catalogs we trust. Or at least that should be the case. In a recent global survey on data-driven decision making in business, close to 60 percent of respondents say their companies base at least half of their regular business decisions on gut feel or experience rather than data and information. Respondents cited problems […]
Data Governance: A Look Ahead from the Front Lines
When it comes to Data Governance and Data Management programs, the enterprise needs to be thinking about today – and tomorrow. Data Governance leaders at financial services and planning organization TIAA are wrestling with the increasing pace of change and what its impact will be on current management and governance models. “The digital world is […]
Data Lake vs. Data Swamp: Leveraging Enterprise Data
One organization’s Data Lake may very well be someone else’s Data Swamp. The difference lies in how data is curated. What does this mean? For starters, a Data Lake describes where vast amount of data of various types and structures can be ingested, stored, assessed, and analyzed. Specifically, Data Lakes make it easy for Data […]
Welcome to the New World of Curating Data, Not Owning it
Click to learn more about author Richard Macaskill. Faced with the new challenges of data protection – and increased levels of oversight – many of us working with SQL Server have come to the same conclusion. Quite simply, the column names and free text descriptions available to us to describe the data in our care (or […]
Data Governance and Your Customers: Five Pitfalls to Avoid
Click to learn more about author Mark Hensley. Organizations increasingly understand the importance of Data Governance, or the method of control that ensures data entered into a system meets a precise standard. In fact, the topic has been addressed extensively here at DATAVERSITY®, with articles on how to get buy-in from executives and set up […]
It’s the Data, Not Downloads for User Engagement
Click to learn more about author Pratik Kanada. When you get your salary, you keep a track on your income, mandatory expenses, luxurious expenses and savings. This helps you keep a track of your finances and show you the scope of improvement. When it comes to mobile app development, numbers data, metric and its in-depth […]
Data Governance 2.0 at the Hub of Data Curation
Data Curation needs to be guided by Data Governance so it can secure itself a place as a core Data Management requirement. The MIT Technology Review Insights states, “Data is the single biggest asset at most organizations. It’s time to start treating it accordingly.” Towards that end, leaders and boards have been called to action […]
Press Release: The 2018 Data Architecture Summit Is Now Accepting Presentation Proposals
February 7, 2018 – DATAVERSITY Education, LLC opened the Call for Presentations today for the second annual Data Architecture Summit, which will be held October 8-11, 2018, at the Westin Chicago River North in Chicago, Ill. Proposals must be received by March 23 in order to be considered. For more event details and speaker submission […]
What Is Data Curation?
Data curation, as defined by The University of Illinois’ Graduate School of Library and Information Science: “is the active and ongoing management of data through its life cycle of interest and usefulness.” Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Dean for Research Data Management at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and leader of the Data Conservancy, further breaks down Data […]
Data Curation 101: The What, Why, and How
Humans have an imperative to practice Data Curation. People have and continue to gather, maintain, and archive data at ever greater volumes, and they always have. They drive to get useful data for today and tomorrow. As Mike Schmoker elegantly states, “Things get done only if the data we gather can inform and inspire those […]