A challenge for large businesses working with data is how to manage and unify it. Many companies, seeking to better utilize their data, collect massive amounts of data regarding their customers’ online activity, preferences, and demographics. This can lead to the development of vast data lakes. Without a screening process, a data lake will enable […]
New source{d} Enterprise Platform Turns IT Data Silos into Actionable Insights
A recent press release reports, “source{d}, the data platform for the software development life cycle (SDLC), today announced its new Enterprise Edition with built-in visualization, management capabilities and advanced analytic functions giving IT executives visibility into their software portfolio, engineering processes and workforce. source{d} enables enterprises to aggregate all SDLC data sources into one data […]
Embracing Data Silos: Semantic Search and Analytics Innovation
Walk around any large organization and hear people groan about finding the right data to do their work. In the typical organization, data sits in multiple places, lost behind technical and functional boundaries. These isolated systems, referred to as “data silos,” have often existed for good purposes and reasons such as helping each business function […]
How to Prevent Enterprise Collaboration from Stifling Knowledge Management?
Click to learn more about author Sandra Lupanava. It has never been easy to set up robust Knowledge Management in an enterprise. Organizational silos, communication barriers, and knowledge complexity often stall the development of Knowledge Management practices. In this context, organizations consider productive employee collaboration essential to successful Knowledge Management. Indeed, a collaboration-driven corporate culture […]
Adobe, Microsoft and SAP Announce the Open Data Initiative
According to a recent press release, “On Monday, the CEOs of Adobe, Microsoft and SAP introduced the Open Data Initiative at the Microsoft Ignite conference. Together, the three longstanding partners are reimagining customer experience management (CXM) by empowering companies to derive more value from their data and deliver world-class customer experiences in real-time. In today’s […]
Bridging the Data Gap Between Business and IT
Click to learn more about author Pete Aven. In any organization, it’s plain to see there are distinct differences in the way business executives and IT professionals think about their company’s data. The disconnect is a result of perspective, and manifests itself in a lack of communication that produces further confusion as IT systems evolve to […]
Data Governance 2.0 at the Hub of Data Curation
Data Curation needs to be guided by Data Governance so it can secure itself a place as a core Data Management requirement. The MIT Technology Review Insights states, “Data is the single biggest asset at most organizations. It’s time to start treating it accordingly.” Towards that end, leaders and boards have been called to action […]
Many Benefits of Big Data Analytics for Your Company
Click to learn more about author Harnil Oza. Big Data is everywhere. Everyone talks about this concept, but very few could tell you a good list of benefits of Big Data or how it can help your business. You could say that Big Data describes huge data volumes, both unstructured and structured, that is generated […]
Low Cost Multi-Domain Master Data Management has Become the New Reality
Click to learn more about author Bruck Assefa. The issue of disconnected business applications and departmental silos has always been a persistent problem for companies to deal with. This is largely due to the fact that companies naturally evolve in different ways such as growing organically or through mergers & acquisitions. The growth of an organization […]
Why Sales and Marketing Teams Should Have a Role in Data Governance
Click to learn more about author Kevin McGirl. Data occupies a curious place for many sales and marketing teams: they will happily and readily acknowledge its importance, but also treat it as the exclusive preserve of the IT department and the specialists therein. They’re happy to make use of insights, but getting to know the […]