What are data warehouses and databases? How are they different, and when should you use a data warehouse vs. database to store data? Below, we will look at the differences and similarities between them. What Is a Database? In a database, data is presented in a structured manner for easy access and manipulation. Vast amounts […]
ADV Webinar: Choosing Your Provider for Implementing a Data Fabric
Download the slides here >> About the Webinar The principle underlying data fabric designs is the loose connection of data in platforms with the applications that require it. When one platform, like AWS, supervises data ingestion while another, like Azure, is in charge of data transformation and consumption, it’s an illustration of a data fabric […]
Data-Ed Webinar: The Roles of Data Stewards
Download the slides here >> About the Webinar Data stewards are a relatively new role. It is likely they also possess the best window into the business. What most data stewards are not provided in advance is a roadmap to eliminating data debt as a prerequisite to smoothly functioning Data Governance. Well-thought-out plans crash and […]
Demonstrating the Value of Data Governance
As organizations strive to become more data-driven, they increasingly recognize the importance of Data Governance (DG), a business program supporting harmonized data activities. However, business leaders, colleagues, and workers often express confusion about DG policies and need clarity around its value. This article tackles this issue by exploring the top 10 ways for effectively articulating the value […]
What Is a Data Dictionary?
A data dictionary describes data in business terms, including information about the data. It includes elements like data types, structure details, and security restrictions. Unlike business glossaries, which focus on data across the organization, data dictionaries support data architectures – the technical infrastructures that connect a Business Strategy and Data Strategy with technical execution. This support references high-quality metadata that describes data platform attributes […]
Data Integration Tools
Data integration tools are used to collect data from external (and internal) sources, and to reformat, cleanse, and organize the collected data. The ultimate goal of data integration tools is to combine data from a variety of different sources, and provide their users with a single, standardized flow of data. Use of these tools helps […]
EEDL Webinar: Taking Off the Blinders — How Experience Limits Our Perspective on Literacy
Download the slides here >> About the Webinar We don’t know what we don’t know. Often, literacy efforts focus on the narrow experiences of data professionals rather than broader perspectives. For example, most companies still keep their data in silos, owned and protected by different parts of the business. Data owners become experts in “their” […]
Women in Data: Meet Classification Guru Susan Walsh
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we’re kicking off a new Q&A series with women leaders in data. Our first installment features Susan Walsh, aka the Classification Guru. Susan Walsh didn’t always aspire to be a data classification expert. But after spending a decade honing her skills – cleaning and classifying erroneous data – she founded […]
Webinar: I Have Trust Issues with My Data, Can I Really Change That?
Download the slides here >> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Data is becoming increasingly important for both decision-making and use by artificial intelligence models. According to the Data Integrity Trends Survey 2023, only 46% of people trust their data for decision making and of those who struggle to trust their data, 70% say […]
Metadata Governance: Crucial to Managing IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT), devices that produce and consume data through the internet, will likely comprise over 207 billion devices by the end of 2024. These widgets generate, consume, and send vast data over business networks. As a result, organizations must include IoT in their Data Governance programs to ensure better integration and legal compliance. Without effective governance, firms […]