The quality of the data you use in daily operations plays a significant role in how well you will generate valuable insights for your enterprise. You want to rely on data integrity to ensure you avoid simple mistakes because of poor sourcing or data that may not be correctly organized and verified. That requires the […]
Measuring Data Consistency
Measuring data consistency can tell a researcher how valuable and useful their data is. However, the term “data consistency” can be confusing. There are three versions of it. When the term is applied to databases, it describes data consistency within the database. When used with computing strategies, data consistency is focused on the use of […]
Harnessing the Power of Today’s Data Requires Premium Data Management Tools
Data is the strongest weapon in any enterprise’s arsenal. With proper Data Management tools, organizations can use data to gain insight into customer patterns, update business processes, and ultimately get ahead of competitors in today’s increasingly digital world. With IDC predicting that there will be 175 zettabytes of data globally by 2025, many solutions have emerged on […]
Start Small and Scale Up with Data Profiling, Data Quality, and Data Governance
Organizations today are rallying business users around using data to make better business decisions. Business users want to know where that data lives, understand if people are accessing the right data at the right time, and be assured that the data is of high quality. But they are not always out shopping for Data Quality […]
Discovery and Reporting: The Bread and Butter of Data Migration
Click to learn more about author Daniel Esposito. Enterprise organizations evaluate several factors when choosing a data migration vendor. When making the choice, it helps to consider top priorities, so you know what to look for in the process. Here is a list that can help: Level of effort and associated cost of the solution […]
Lean Governance: The Next Machine to Change the World
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. Lean GovernanceTM is the next machine to change the world of Data Governance and Enterprise Data Management. As proponents of lean thinking, we view corporations as data factories that produce information for operations, reporting, and financial modeling. We were inspired by the 1990 groundbreaking book “The Machine that […]
Data Governance vs. Blockchain
Data Governance is the hot topic in today’s security- and privacy-concerned digital ecosystem. Blockchain technology offers data-centered security to sensitive, transactional systems that require tamper-resistant, fully auditable tracking mechanisms. Thus, blockchain and Data Governance (DG) complement each other in many ways, while maintaining distinct operational philosophies and application turfs. Blockchain is today’s preferred technology for […]
Moving Unstructured Data Is Risky and Pricey, but Critical: Five Steps to Improve It
Click to learn more about author Daniel Esposito. It’s time-consuming – and often very costly – for enterprises to perform a network-attached storage (NAS) or object data migration. As moving unstructured data has proliferated over the past decade, with as much as 90% of all data defined as unstructured data, the task has become increasingly […]
What It Means to Be Digitally Compliant
Click to learn more about author Brian Platz. Data has been called the new oil. Now on a trajectory towards increased regulation, the data gushers of yore are being tamed. Dedicated agencies such as Britain’s recently approved Digital Market Unit and the new California Privacy Protection Agency (“CalPPA”) will enforce compliance. Data will become trackable, […]
Pillars of Data Integrity: The New Business Imperative
Click to learn more about author Amy O’Connor. Innovations in data-driven intelligence continue to power transformation initiatives for modern businesses. While these innovations improve how we collect, store, manipulate, and analyze data, that is not enough to fully leverage data. Being accurate, consistent, and contextual is crucial for unleashing the data’s full potential. It is […]