DATAVERSITY Education, LLC announced the launch of a new Data Governance conference and opened the Call for Presentations this week. DG Vision will be held December 9-12, 2019, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Proposals must be received by May 17 in order to be considered. For more event details and speaker submission guidelines, […]
Enterprise Data World 2019: Gorillas, Puzzles, Courtrooms, and Hats
“Context: Better understanding something by taking into account the things around it,” said Jeff Jonas during his Wednesday afternoon keynote at the 23rd annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) 2019 Conference (co-presented with DAMA International) from March 17-22, 2019 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA. Context is the key that allows data professionals, and […]
Io-Tahoe Leads Industry Movement Towards Continuous Automated Governance
According to a recent press release, “Io-Tahoe, a pioneer in Smart Data Discovery and AI-Driven Data Catalog products, in its efforts to continue to transform the data discovery market, today announced it has released the latest version of its Smart Data Discovery platform – Smart Streaming Discovery – with the ability to perform real-time data […]
The State of Data Management: Challenges, Predictions, and Solutions
The level of sophistication around data has increased quite a bit in the 20 years Ron Agresta has been working with SAS. “Back in the day, it would be no governance, minimal quality, and those capabilities were not well managed. Now the whole segment has shifted,” he said, and it’s much rarer to find companies […]
XebiaLabs Launches DevOps Cloud Offering on AWS Marketplace
A recent press release reports, “XebiaLabs, the recognized leader in enterprise DevOps and Continuous Delivery software, today announced the availability of its new XL JetPack software on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. For the first time, DevOps teams can streamline, secure, and simplify their Continuous Delivery pipelines by purchasing XebiaLabs’ top-ranked software directly on AWS […]
Governing Data Changes and How it Differs from IT Governance
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. Organizations implement a change to create value and benefits for stakeholders or shareholders. Often, value creation is nothing but enjoying the benefits at an ideal resource cost while optimizing risk. A simple retail banking operation, for instance, cannot generate extended value from its assets, in-case it is not […]
E.ON Implementing erwin Data Governance Platform for Competitive Differentiation
A new press release reports, “erwin, Inc., the data governance company, today announced that E.ON is deploying the erwin Data Governance (DG) platform across five of its international operating units. E.ON is a privately-owned energy supplier based in Essen, Germany, with approximately 43,000 employees focused on energy networks, customer solutions and renewables throughout the US, […]
Big Data Integration 101: The What, Why, and How
Big Data Integration is an important and essential step in any Big Data project. There are, however, several issues to take into consideration. Generally speaking, Big Data Integration combines data originating from a variety of different sources and software formats, and then provides users with a translated and unified view of the accumulated data. Managing […]
In-Memory Database Advancements Lead to Data-Driven Success
“Our recent research shows that companies now agree that data is the most important asset in an organization today – sometimes even more than human resources,” said Mathias Golombek, CTO for Exasol in a recent DATAVERSITY® interview. Yet evolving technology and organizational issues have led to separated systems, data silos, and lost opportunities. “The question […]
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, […]