by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Quantzig, a global analytics solutions provider, has announced the completion of their latest article on the four best practices to jumpstart your data governance program. Implementing a successful data governance strategy requires careful planning, the right people, and suitable tools and technologies. Data governance allows organizations […]
Congruity360 Delivers Action-Based Information Governance Analytics
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Congruity360, a leading provider of professional and fully managed services for enterprise data management, brings to market Audit, Intelligence, Action (AIA), a comprehensive information governance solution enabling enterprise companies to audit, gather intelligence on, and take action with their data. Congruity360’s information governance solution combats the […]
PossibleNOW Announces Strategic Solution with RedPoint Global for GDPR Consent Management
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “PossibleNOW, the leading provider of enterprise consent and preference management solutions, today announced a strategic product initiative for GDPR consent and data governance with RedPoint Global, the leading provider of customer data platform and customer engagement technology. This initiative is a response to the demands that […]
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 […]
What Is Data Lineage?
An apt metaphor for data lineage is that of complex book keeping. But, instead capturing financial transactions in a ledger, data asset values populate a given platform or document. Data lineage describes data origins, movements, characteristics, and quality across the data lifecycle. Typically, data lineage has been thought of as map of tables and joins, […]
What Is Metadata?
Metadata is information about the data collected. According to the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBoK), metadata “includes information about technical and business processes, data rules and constraints, and logical and physical data structures.” Think of it as a wrapper around data that describes it, like how packaging tells what food is in a box or […]
What Is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)?
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) describes a model where customers license a software application provided by and outsides vendor. In return, as Gartner states, “a customer gets a software based on one set of common code and data definitions.” Depending on the vendor’s payment program, users can access the software at any time. Think of SaaS like an […]
Data-Ed Slides: Data Governance Strategies – With Great Power Comes Great Accountability
Data Governance Strategies – With Great Power Comes Great Accountability from DATAVERSITY To view the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar Much like project team management and home improvement, data governance sounds a lot simpler than it actually is. In a nutshell, data governance is the process by which an […]
RWDG Slides: Governing Data Governance and Master Metadata
RWDG Slides: Governing Data Governance and Master Metadata from DATAVERSITY To view the On Demand recording, click HERE>> About the Webinar Data Governance and Master Metadata are types of metadata collected about the accountability for master data across the organization. These are types of data about data – but better still they are metadata that […]
RWDG Slides: Apply Data Governance to Agile Efforts
RWDG Slides: Apply Data Governance to Agile Efforts from DATAVERSITY To view the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar Data Governance Programs and Agile Data Projects are known to conflict when it comes to how the information and data is managed. Senior leadership has come to expect both the formal […]