Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. The title of this post sounds as if it is a quote from a Star Trek episode. I don’t believe it is, but a lot of the dialogue involving Lt. Commander Data is indeed about understanding. Here is an example from Star Trek: The Next Generation: Starship […]
Knowledge Maps – A New Model for Metadata
Click to learn more about author John Singer. IT Metadata Management – that quirky corner of IT recognized as a “critical success factor” yet the most under-funded aspect of any initiative. Historically, each new wave of IT technical innovation brings with it a call for better Metadata Management. The new innovation disrupts the current status quo […]
Data Governance Winter Conference – Delray Beach, FL
DATE: December 3-7, 2018 LOCATION: Delray Beach, FL The Data Governance Winter Conference will focus on the “how-tos” from starting a Data Governance and Stewardship program to attaining Data Governance maturity and how to address and improve your organization’s information quality. Learn and network from the experts and your peers at other organizations: Interactive tutorials and workshops Real-world […]
Octopai Transforms Business Intelligence with the First Ever Metadata Search Engine
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Octopai (www.octopai.com) introduces the first ever cloud-based metadata search engine tool to provide Business Intelligence (BI) groups with full visibility and control of metadata that is scattered across many different BI systems within an organization. By centralizing and automating metadata, Octopai enables BI groups to quickly and […]
Knowledge Maps – Connecting the Dots
Click to learn more about author John Singer. The solution to the problem described in “Knowledge Maps: What Is the Problem We Are Trying To Solve” lies in the artful combination of several maturing technologies – Semantics, Graph Databases, and Web Services. Semantics: Combining best practices from several related fields (Library Science, Information Science, Linguistics), technologies […]
Dresner Advisory Services Publishes Inaugural Data Catalog Market Study
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Dresner Advisory Services today published the 2017 Data Catalog Market Study, the newest report in the Wisdom of Crowds® series of research. Data catalog technologies focus upon the user requirements to locate and leverage metadata, data, models, and data elements within an organization. Data catalog features include […]
Collibra’s Data Governance Innovation: Enabling Data as a Strategic Asset
Companies now face a tug of war with data and must use Data Governance to address this conflict. On the one hand, data needs to be controlled: governments, regulatory bodies, and customers require compliance with trustworthy and secure data, partly to avoid damaging data leaks or breaches. On the other hand, data should be accessible […]
Knowledge Maps – What is the Problem We are Trying to Solve?
Click to learn more about author John Singer. Many people in their daily jobs lack the information they need to make well informed decisions, take decisive action, or solve problems. This lack of “the right information at the right time” results in unhappy customers, loss of sales, or the inability to recover quickly from broken processes […]
LDM Webinar: Data Modeling & Metadata Management
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar Metadata management is critical for organizations looking to understand the context, definition and lineage of key data assets. Data models play a key role in metadata management, as many of the key structural and business definitions are stored within the models themselves. […]
LDM Slides: Data Modeling & Metadata Management
Data Modeling & Metadata Management from DATAVERSITY To view the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar Metadata management is critical for organizations looking to understand the context, definition and lineage of key data assets. Data models play a key role in metadata management, as many of the key structural and […]