by Sunil Soares A business glossary is a repository that brings together common definitions of key terms across business and IT. The most ubiquitous business glossary tool is Microsoft Excel. Indeed, many organizations start their data governance journey by documenting key business terms in spreadsheets that they then load to Microsoft SharePoint. However, this starts to get unwieldy when the size of the […]
Big Data Governance Keynote Panel
by Sunil Soares I had the privilege of participating in a panel on Big Data Governance. The other participants were Maria Villar, Global Vice President, Data Governance and Management, SAP and Eric Chacon, Global Head of Data Standards, Chief Data Office, Citi. Tony Shaw from Dataversity did an excellent job moderating the panel. I just […]
The Virtues of Kick Starting Your Data Governance Program with a Small Set of Attributes
by Sunil Soares I work with a number of clients across multiple industries and geographies on their data governance programs. While every organization has its own challenges around data governance, the universal question is, “Where do we start?” In this blog, I will discuss my industry-oriented approach to data governance that starts with a small […]
Big Data Governance over Streaming Data
by Sunil Soares Brian M. Williams, IBM also provided insights to this blog. Big Data Governance relates to the governance of Big Data. Big Data is generally characterized in terms of the three “V’s” of volume, velocity and variety. In this blog, we will focus on the governance over the velocity dimension of Big Data. […]
Not Your Type? Big Data Matchmaker On Five Data Types You Need To Explore Today
by Sunil Soares I have met with dozens of clients this year in industries such as financial services, retail, and government, and when the subject of big data first comes up, the first question is usually “what data am I supposed to be looking at?” Before anyone can answer that question, a broader question must […]