“To tackle today’s Data Quality challenges, you need a more strategic approach,” said Nigel Turner, Principal Consultant, Global Data Strategy. Turner spoke at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online (EDGO) Conference about Data Quality Management, what it entails, and how to succeed by aligning it closely with two other disciplines. What is Data Quality Management? […]
Quick, Easy, and Flexible Data Model Diagrams
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. Many of us have a lot to do. And we have short delivery cycles, sprints, and a lot of peers to share data models with. In search of something lightweight, which is quick and easy, and may be produced (or consumed) by other programs? Stay with us on a […]
Multidomain vs. Multiple-Domain MDM: The Difference Is More Than You Think
Click to learn more about author Bill O’Kane. In my eight years as a Gartner analyst covering Master Data Management (MDM) and two years advising clients and prospects at a leading vendor, I have seen first-hand the importance of taking a multidomain approach to MDM. The business challenges that organizations are trying to solve with MDM are […]
What Is a Metadata Repository?
A metadata repository is a software tool that stores descriptive information about the data model used to store and share metadata. Metadata repositories combine diagrams and text, enabling metadata integration and change. The metadata repository’s power lies with the easily accessible way people can view and navigate its contents. Other Definitions of Metadata Repositories Include: […]
Demystifying Data Architecture
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe said, “Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together”—and Data Architecture begins upon creating, storing, and putting two or more characters together, be they sets of records, emails, pictures, audio, video. This resonated well with initial thoughts about Data Architecture, as it is comprised of things, the functionality of […]
Rethinking Extract Transform Load (ETL) Designs
Click to learn more about author Aditi Raiter. Are you in a work environment where streaming architecture is not yet implemented across all IT systems? Have you ever been in a situation when you had to represent the ETL team by being up late for L3 support only to find out that one of your […]
What Is Canonical Data Modeling?
Canonical Data Modeling documents, using Data Modeling techniques, how messages or packets pass between different systems internally in the organization and across different company systems, to do e-business. Data sometimes vary, across systems, in their definitions. For example, a company may have defined “customer” for a data warehouse constructed 10 years ago and then characterized […]
Computing: A Human Activity!
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. I started at the University of Copenhagen in 1969. My professor was Peter Naur. He was in many ways an unusual man and a deep thinker. It is only now in recent years that I realize how much he influenced my thinking. 1969 was his second year […]
Case Study: Feeding America Takes on Project to Standardize Data and Improve Data Quality
Feeding America is a domestic-hunger relief charity with a nationwide network of close to 200 member food banks that work together to provide food to more than 46 million people through 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. It secures donations from national food and grocery manufacturers, retailers, shippers, packers, growers, government agencies and other organizations. […]
Becoming a Prized Data Warehouse and Data Integration Tester
Click to learn more about author Wayne Yaddow. Data warehouse (DW) testers with data integration QA skills are in demand. Data warehouse disciplines and architectures are well established and often discussed in the press, books, and conferences. They have become a standard necessity for most modern organizations. Each business often uses one or more data […]