Data, by itself, is just data. But put data in context—that’s when it becomes useful information. Robert Seiner, while speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference, said that what provides that context is metadata: “Data plus metadata equals the information that our organizations need to use to be successful.” Seiner is President and […]
Case Study: Building a Business Intelligence Team with Confidence and Transparency
Meeting the company’s goals is the responsibility of everyone in the organization, so even those who aren’t directly influencing the cost or the revenue side should know what those goals are. “No matter who you are, you are directly or indirectly affecting key company metrics,” said Vanessa Lam, Business Intelligence Manager for Optoro. Lam shared […]
Responding to Innovations and Trends in Data Governance
Kevin Shannon, Global Head of Enterprise Data Governance at Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), shared his views on how to respond to current and future developments in Data Governance at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online event, during his presentation titled Trends in Data Governance. The Interconnection of Value & Reality In the next few years, […]
Ease into Data Governance with a Data Quality Pilot
In the banking or pharmacy industry where regulations compel companies to have good governance in place, in industries such as publishing and telecom Data Governance often seems complicated and theoretical. That’s according to Sara Willovit, Product Data Governance at Becton Dickenson. Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World Conference, during her presentation titled Using Data […]
The Many Dimensions of Data Quality
Data can be anywhere. Companies store data in the cloud, in data warehouses, in data lakes, on old mainframes, in applications, on drives — even on paper spreadsheets. Every day we create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data, and there are no signs of this slowing down anytime soon. With so much available for data-driven decisions, […]
Using a Data Lake Engine to Provide Self-Service Insights
Understanding and fulfilling customer needs is the key to business success, and customer data is the foundation upon which that success is built. Accessing and analyzing data is almost always dependent on data engineers and other IT staff, while decision-makers wait to receive insights. One way to skip the wait, and deliver data directly to […]
Ride the Data Governance 2.0 Wave
Companies were engaged in Data Governance practices such as Data Lineage and Data Quality for years before the concept of Data Governance emerged as a mainstream enterprise-level activity in 2005, said Kelle O’Neal, the founder and CEO of First San Francisco Partners, during her DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online event presentation titled Data Governance 2.0. […]
Addressing Edge Computing Needs with Advanced Data Storage
The number of companies using edge computing is rapidly growing as real-time insights are becoming more important to business success. Edge computing “uses a network of microdata servers to process and store Big Data locally, taking the concept of a distributed architecture to the next level.” It is meant to help decrease latency problems, allow […]
Enterprise Analytics Trends
Evan Terry, Chief Analytics Officer at Velocity Mortgage Capital said that enterprise analytics technology is increasingly sophisticated, due to machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), and streaming analytics, but you can’t benefit from these advancements without a solid foundation. “There’s a real interplay there between the foundational and the advanced.” Terry discussed these interplays during his […]
Case Study: Big Data Analytics Advance Sutton Bank Forward
Sutton Bank is an FDIC-regulated, Ohio state-chartered bank. They have been in the payment business about 20 years, specifically in the prepaid space. Jeff Lewis, Senior Vice President of Payments and Prepaid Card Services at Sutton Bank, says that payment and card services are an increasingly popular offering for financial institutions, provided they can keep […]