Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. Are you planning on strategically using data to improve the efficiencies of your value chains? You are not alone and every organization in this league is looking at ways to augment these customer journeys. This can happen with artificial intelligence models that can make a journey interesting for […]
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 […]
Where Is the Data Technology Industry Headed?
Click here to learn more about Heine Krog Iversen. We recently read reports about plans for Talend to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm. This announcement is interesting and causes some of us in the tech industry to step back and consider many of the factors involved in providing data technology […]
Maximizing Your Data Fabric’s ROI via Entity Data Modeling
Click to learn more about author Dr. Jans Aasman. Data fabrics are emerging as the most effective means of integrating data throughout the enterprise. They deliver a single access point for all data regardless of location — whether it’s at rest or in motion. Experts agree that data fabrics are the future of data analytics and […]
Ten Use Cases to Enable an Organization with Metadata and Catalogs
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. Enterprises are modernizing their data platforms and associated tool-sets to serve the fast needs of data practitioners, including data scientists, data analysts, business intelligence and reporting analysts, and self-service-embracing business and technology personnel. However, as the tool-stack in most organizations is getting modernized, so is the variety of […]
What Is a Digital Twin?
A digital twin is a virtual device that contains the exact state, information, and organization of the physical device to which it is connected. Think of it as a test version before proceeding with product development or interacting with a real-world device. Digital twins go hand-in-hand with implementing the Internet of Things (IoT). Industrial companies […]
2021: Three Game-Changing Data Modeling Perspectives
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. Common wisdom has it that we humans can only focus on three things at a time. So, I had to cut down my January 2021 list of things of importance in Data Modeling in this new, fine year (I hope)! Looking at them from above, as we […]
Data Architecture with Data Governance: A Proactive Approach
“Data Architecture is the physical implementation of the Business Strategy,” said Nigel Turner, Principal Consultant in E.M.E.A. at Global Data Strategy, speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference. “It’s a key part of the whole continuum that you need to build within an organization to manage data effectively,” and Data Governance forms an […]
The Three Techniques for Improving Analytics ROI in the Cloud
Click to learn more about author Maurice Lacroix. In an industry as competitive as eCommerce retail, the ability to turn data into actionable insights presents the opportunity to make business decisions that drive more revenue and control costs. Collecting and then analyzing retail data like customer visits, logistic fulfillment, pricing, and customer satisfaction presents a […]