Click to learn more about author Anne Hardy. On November 3, California voters passed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The new law expanded upon the existing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and brought its regulation closer to the gold standard of privacy regulation — the EU’s GDPR. The law’s focus on sensitive personal information, […]
Demystifying Master Data Management
Thomas Edison may have understood the importance of Master Data Management before the term was formally coined. He said, “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” While ideas in the early 20th century relied on thoughts and things, ideas in this information age depend on data. Take reference data: unchanging tags […]
An Introduction to Metadata Management
Click to learn more about author Sowmya Tejha Kandregula. According to IDC, the size of the global datasphere is projected to reach 163 ZB by 2025, leading to the disparate data sources in legacy systems, new system deployments, and the creation of data lakes and data warehouses. Most organizations do not utilize the entirety of the data […]
Data Governance Can Create “Data Trusts” for Consumers in Organizations
Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada. In the past few months, Firms have accelerated digital transformation across multiple journeys of on-boarding and servicing customers. This has been possible by integrating and aggregating Multi-sources as well as taming the ‘Data Swamps’ to deliver quality data. Platform Governance is the mantra to a healthy delivery of […]
Do Fines Motivate Data Governance? Do the Math!
Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Thomas Redman. It’s hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.” — Lisa Randall Recently, Citi Group was fined $400 million by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) “… related to deficiencies in […]
Why Data Privacy and Data Governance Will Be Even More Mission-Critical in 2021
Click to learn more about author Balaji Ganesan. 2020 was certainly a year of surprises, and perhaps the most acute lesson learned by businesses and consumers alike is that nothing is impossible. Looking within the lenses of Data Management, data security, and privacy, the same holds true. The internet is awash with data that is […]
The Right Data Governance for Your Organization’s Culture
“If you pay attention to how many times you hear conference speakers use the word ‘culture,’ you’re going to be surprised,” remarked Mary Levins, founder of Sierra Creek Consulting, during her DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World Conference presentation titled The Culture-Centric Approach to Data Governance. She co-presented with Cassie Elder, the owner of DataCraft Partners. They […]
Press Release: Agenda Announced for the Sixth Annual Enterprise Data Governance Online
December 9, 2020 – DATAVERSITY Education, LLC announced the agenda and opened registration today for the 2021 Enterprise Data Governance Online (EDGO). This free online event will take place on January 27, 2021, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. For more details about the event, visit datagovernanceonline.com. EDGO is designed to teach anyone working with […]
Embracing 5G in Enterprise Data Storage
Click to learn more about author Martin Hansknecht. 5G, the fifth-generation cellular network, is on the cusp of becoming the primary data provider. Differing from its predecessors, 5G harnesses super-high-frequency airwaves that increase the rate of data transfer and decrease latency, allowing for upwards of 10 to 20 times quicker uploads and downloads than existing […]
Case Study: Bringing Credibility to Freddie Mac’s Data Stewardship Model
Jenny Schultz has been with Freddie Mac since 1998. “We have tried to do the ‘data thing’ more than a few times, driven by IT, but it never stuck because the business didn’t see the value in leveraging their data and managing and governing it,” she said during her DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World Conference presentation […]