As a process, data observability is used by businesses working with massive amounts of data. Many large, modern organizations try to monitor their data using a variety of applications and tools. Unfortunately, few businesses develop the visibility necessary for a realistic overview. Data observability provides that overview, to eliminate data flow problems as quickly as […]
Overcoming Data Governance Challenges with Best Practices
Jason Dye, Director of Enterprise Data Governance at Ally, says that sometimes Data Governance feels like a thankless job. “I’m struggling up this sandy godforsaken hill and then some guy’s standing on the sidelines going, ‘I don’t know what’s so hard about Data Governance. It’s easy.’” But that may be because Dye makes it look […]
A Brief History of the Hadoop Ecosystem
In 2002, internet researchers just wanted a better search engine, and preferably one that was open-sourced. That was when Doug Cutting and Mike Cafarella decided to give them what they wanted, and they called their project “Nutch.” Hadoop was originally designed as part of the Nutch infrastructure, and was presented in the year 2005. The […]
How a Data Catalog Enables Remote Collaboration
Click to learn more about author Emily Washington. Forty-two percent of the U.S. workforce is working from home full-time, according to the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research — almost twice as many employees as this time last year. As companies reimagine a post-pandemic workforce, many are either abandoning their office spaces completely or embracing […]
Why a Data Marketplace Matters Now More Than Ever
Click to learn more about author Joe DosSantos. In these uncertain times, effective understanding of your customers, your employees, and your market will illuminate paths for managing the short-term so as to be able to continue to grow and even flourish after the COVID-19 outbreak, a period that most economists think will be measured in […]
Decoded Data Lineage Helps Tackle Bad Data Quality
What are your outcome expectations of data lineage? No one’s just doing it for fun, after all. Generally speaking, data lineage is a major asset for: Regulatory reporting/governance; trust in decision-making; and, on-premise to cloud migrations. Data lineage tools track business data flow from originating source through all the steps in its lifecycle to destination. […]
What I Learned About Data Quality from Building Cheap Furniture
Click to learn more about author Kevin W. McCarthy. I’m a Data Quality guy, and I do it because I love it! That sounds incredulous, but it’s true. I didn’t always love it, but over three decades I’ve learned the thrill of investigating a data issue down to its root cause like Sherlock Holmes. There […]
Ten Recommendations for Building Great Data Catalogs
Click to learn more about author Oksana Sokolovsky and Rohit Mahajan. Data catalogs can be powerful platforms for Data Management, and enterprise interest in them is continually growing. But all the power and features data catalogs may bring can be squandered without a good data cataloging methodology, paired with common-sense practices. With that in mind, […]
VIAVI Reinvents Performance Management and Network Security with Enriched Data Flow Records
A new press release states, “Viavi Solutions Inc. today announced the launch of Observer GigaFlow, a powerful solution that delivers enriched flow records to stitch together user, network, and infrastructure data into a single record. GigaFlow is the latest enhancement to VIAVI Observer, the platform recognized as a leading Network Performance Management and Diagnostics (NPMD) […]
Building the Pillars of Data Modeling and Enterprise Architecture
Ron Huizenga believes it’s possible for an organization to reach an enlightened state where users can “understand the journey of their data through the entire organization.” That entails knowing when the data was created, the processes that use it, being aware of how it’s transformed on its way through the organization, and ultimately, knowing when […]