by Angela Guess According to a new article out of the company, “Concurrent, Inc., the enterprise Big Data application platform company,…
by Angela Guess Barry Levine of NewsFactor recently wrote, “IBM is now offering a set of customized clouds for specific industries…
by Angela Guess Beth Stackpole of CIO.com recently wrote, “As a high-tech startup, MongoDB gave no real thought to IT as it was…
by Angela Guess Matt Asay of Read Write Web recently wrote, “Software may be eating the world, as Marc Andreessen posits, but…
DATE: December 19, 2013 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar When starting a Data Governance program, significant time, effort and bandwidth is typically spent selling the concept of data governance and telling people in your organization what data governance will do for them. This may not…
DATE: January 14, 2014 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar We are in the middle of a data flood and we need to figure out how to tame it without drowning. Most of what has been written about Big Data is focused on selling hardware…
DATE: January 16, 2014 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar Data professionals may agree that the Data Steward is the glue that holds the Data Governance Program together. The role of the Data Steward is widely discussed and dissected, vilified and certified, self-assured while being…
2013 is coming to an end and it has been a fantastic year here at DATAVERSITY. And in the spirit of the holidays, I want to dedicate this letter to all of our amazing subscribers and contributors for whom I am so thankful. We have worked hard to build more than a trade journal. We’ve…
by John Ladley Here are some phrases and comments I have heard at conferences and through other data governance-related interactions with people the last few months. “This is not rocket science, its easy, so get it done.” “I am not a data person, so can we make it sound more like process?” “I want data…
by Sue Geuens It’s a question that I get asked a lot. How do we work out how much our data is worth? And of course, the answer is really that it is not as simple as it should be. The value of YOUR data is dependent on the value that you place on it.…
by Stephanie Faris Data is driving decisions in major corporations in almost every industry. From sports to banking to pharmaceuticals, many of the products, services, and entertainment options provided to consumers today are based on collected data. Not all data is equal. In the rush to remain competitive, many businesses are missing a crucial piece…
by Jelani Harper The overall impact of Business Intelligence (BI) on the enterprise is projected to expand in 2014, with a number of key trends and technology advancements spurring adoption rates and changing fundamental aspects of its usage. Specific trends encompass empowering business users, restructuring IT’s involvement, and escalating the usage of mobile, Cloud, and…
by Eileen Ponich The sun was shining brightly over the sparking blue Atlantic when I arrived for the 2013 Winter Data Governance Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, November 17th. It certainly didn’t look like winter and I welcomed the warm sun. I was glad I had arrived a little early to enjoy the lovely “winter”…
by Angela Guess According to a new article out of the company, “Concurrent, Inc., the enterprise Big Data application platform company, today released its top 2014 predictions around Big Data. As the previous year witnessed major market milestones such as the release of Hadoop 2, expansion of the Hadoop ecosystem and continued investment in Big Data…
by Angela Guess Barry Levine of NewsFactor recently wrote, “IBM is now offering a set of customized clouds for specific industries and line-of-business buyers. The tech giant announced Thursday an expansion of its Cloud Consulting Services portfolio that provides ready-made cloud services designed for such industries as insurance or human resources. The company said that cloud services have…
by Stephanie Faris Data is driving decisions in major corporations in almost every industry. From sports to banking to pharmaceuticals, many of the products, services, and entertainment options provided to consumers today are based on collected data. Not all data is equal. In the rush to remain competitive, many businesses are missing a crucial piece…
by Jelani Harper The overall impact of Business Intelligence (BI) on the enterprise is projected to expand in 2014, with a number of key trends and technology advancements spurring adoption rates and changing fundamental aspects of its usage. Specific trends encompass empowering business users, restructuring IT’s involvement, and escalating the usage of mobile, Cloud, and…
by Angela Guess [Press Release] Hjørring, Denmark, November 21st, 2013 – BARC, one of the world’s leading companies for Data Management, Business Intelligence, and Enterprise Content Management analysis, has recently conducted the world’s largest survey on user experience of Business Intelligence solutions, naming TARGIT No. 1 for innovation in the OLAP Analysis peer group. In the…
Enterprise Data World Webinar: Make BIG DATA Work for You from DATAVERSITY To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE. This webinar was sponsored by: About the Webinar TARGIT CTO Dr. Morton Middelfart has professionally devoted himself to one thing: turning DECISIONS into ACTION faster, more efficiently, and more intelligently than ever. He…
by Angela Guess A new article reports, “Riversand Technologies, a worldwide provider ofProduct Information Management (PIM), Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Quality solutions, announced today its official sponsorship of the 2013 research report on the Adoption of MDM. The survey was conducted by Business Revisited and released by the analyst firm Information Difference. The report is now available…
by Angela Guess Johann van der Walt of IT Web reports, “Master data management (MDM) is emerging as a key technology for 2014 since it is pivotal to melding current trends: big data, social media and cloud, with the need for governance by combining practices, processes, policies, standards and software tools. However, complicating matters is the…
DATE: December 19, 2013 TIME: 2 PM Eastern / 11 AM Pacific PRICE: Free to all attendees About the Webinar When starting a Data Governance program, significant time, effort and bandwidth is typically spent selling the concept of data governance and telling people in your organization what data governance will do for them. This may not…
by Angela Guess Beth Stackpole of CIO.com recently wrote, “As a high-tech startup, MongoDB gave no real thought to IT as it was getting off the ground. Laptops were purchased on an as-needed basis by individual employees and expensed alongside printer paper and working lunches. Free cloud applications like Google Apps and Dropbox were the go-to productivity tools, and engineers coding the…
by Angela Guess Matt Asay of Read Write Web recently wrote, “Software may be eating the world, as Marc Andreessen posits, but open-source software seems to be eating itself. And at a far faster clip. While the software world has grown used to products and their vendors dominating for long stretches (think: Microsoft in operating systems and…
This presentation was given in a live webinar on December 10, 2013.
by Angela Guess Klint Finley of Wired reports, “Relational databases like Oracle DB and Microsoft SQL have dominated the business software market for decades… But thanks to companies like Amazon and Google, the RDMS now has a fight on its hands. Amazon and Google use distributed data storage systems that span thousands of servers, letting them…
by Angela Guess Research and Markets has added a new report to their offerings entitled Global NoSQL Market 2012-2016. According to the article, “One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing need to manage huge amounts of enterprise data. The Global NoSQL market has also been witnessing the emergence of social…
by Angela Guess Doug Henschen of Information Week reports, “Think of the tens of millions of travelers frantically searching, pricing, and booking flights, rental cars, and hotel rooms in the run-up to this week’s Thanksgiving Day holiday. Now think of the scale of the IT required behind the scenes to make it all happen online. Amadeus,…
Big Challenges in Data Modeling – Data Modeling Tool Wish List from DATAVERSITY This Month’s Topic Focus: Wish List: What Features Would You Like to See in a Data Modeling Tool? This Webinar was Sponsored by: About the Presentation Most modern data modeling and data management tools have been with us for more than…
by Angela Guess A new article out of the company reports, “CA Technologies [yesterday] announced a new release of CA ERwin CA ERwin® Data Modeler, the company’s industry-leading solution for collaboratively visualizing and managing business data across the enterprise in support of data governance, Big Data analytics, business intelligence and other initiatives. Organizations face ‘information overload’ as…
Big Challenges in Data Modeling – Data Modelers and Project Managers from DATAVERSITY by Angela Guess Our weekly webinar series covers a broad range of topics in the world of data. A few weeks back, Karen Lopez of InfoAdvisors joined us for a spirited talk about data modeling. Her webinar was titled, “Big Challenges in…
y Angela Guess Daniel Gutierrez of Big Data Republic recently wrote, “If your company is planning to hire a shiny new data scientist in the near future, grab a number. There’s a long line of firms looking to do the same. Data scientists are all the rage, and you need to plan the acquisition well. There…
by Angela Guess DATAVERSITY and DAMA International have opened registration and announced the agenda for Enterprise Data World 2014. The companies report, “EDW is the world’s most comprehensive vendor-neutral educational event on data and information management where over 120 data experts speak and over 800 Business and IT professionals are expected to attend. The event will…
by Angela Guess A new article out of IBM reports that the company has “unveiled the IBM Analytics Talent Assessment, a first-of-its-kind online platform that provides university students with data-driven insights that aim to help narrow the Big Data and Analytics skills gap and foster talent for the next-generation workforce. Using IBM Analytics Talent Assessment, university students can gauge…
