For the data-driven, high-volume businesses of today, improving Data Quality is essential to ensure trustworthy data and operational efficiency. But the process doesn’t have to be daunting, said Ryan Doupe, VP and chief data officer at American Fidelity Assurance. In a presentation at DATAVERSITY’s Enterprise Data Governance Online event, Doupe laid out a nine-step program for better […]
Data Ethics: New Frontiers in Data Governance
Would you feel comfortable serving as a Data Governance consultant for an organized crime family … but not for a brokerage with tax fraud in its past? Could the use of ransomware be considered socially acceptable if its demands benefitted needy children? These hypotheticals might sound outrageous – and indeed, they are meant to be provocative – […]
How to Build a High-Performance Analytics Team
When most people think of analytics, they tend to picture a rigidly left-brained data scientist more at home with computer programming than creativity. But analytics leader and author John K. Thompson challenges such a notion. During his keynote presentation at DATAVERSITY’s Enterprise Analytics Online event, he proposed instead that the members of an analytics team can be […]
How to Build a Data Governance Program in 90 Days
For many people in business, the mention of a Data Governance program evokes excessive red tape, bureaucratic drag, and, most of all, outsiders meddling in daily operations. “What is the preconceived notion about Data Governance? We are the police, we tell you no, we tell you to stop, we slow you down,” said Sherry Hidalgo, senior enterprise […]
What Makes Data Intelligence Intelligent?
Every day, trillions of data points are generated, and, in theory, organizations can harness this data to make better, more informed decisions. But it’s precisely the vast scale of available data that makes it so hard to manage. According to IDC, data professionals spend 80% of their time searching for and preparing data and only 20% […]
Key Trends in Data and Analytics
In today’s world of unprecedented connectivity and advances in technology, the benefits of big data are accessible to even modestly scaled businesses. Indeed, business leaders who resist the shift to digital transformation do so at their own risk. But harnessing the power of data and analytics requires careful planning, preparation, and commitment. Where to begin? […]