Like so many roles and operations that have emerged in the digital age, Data Governance is often misunderstood – confused with Data Management or seen as an extension of IT. How to communicate the role of Data Governance and ensure it is successfully implemented? At DATAVERSITY’s 2022 Enterprise Data Governance Online event, data practitioner John Ladley shared five […]
Database Management 101
An important tool for organizations to ensure their data is stored, validated, and protected is database management. It is used to develop and deploy processes that end users are comfortable with. They can feel confident that the data is easy to work with, reliable, and accessible. It is important to make sure your organization’s data is […]
Data Lineage Demystified
Trusting big data requires understanding its data lineage. Without data lineage, big data becomes synonymous with the last phrase in a game of telephone. The original data from the first person (e.g., “a guppy swims in a shark tank”) changes to something completely different when it ends with the last person (e.g., “The puppy that […]
The Rise of Cloud Data Architecture
The rising popularity of cloud data architecture signals a central theme: Global businesses in the coming years will migrate their data center operations fully to the cloud, as it offers some inherent advantages over on-premise set-ups. Business survival in the digital age has become synonymous with migration to the cloud. When businesses look for unlimited data […]
Data Literacy Trends in 2023: Formalizing Programs
Data Literacy, the ability to explore, understand, and communicate with data, will significantly increase its role in organizations in 2023 and beyond. Companies will gravitate toward Data Literacy to get insights from big data and mobilize artificial intelligence (AI), a technology underlying a machine’s ability to learn from experience. Unfortunately, many businesses need to ramp up […]
Types of Data Models and Their Uses
Businesses can benefit from Data Modeling in a variety of important ways. Data models serve two primary purposes. They can be designed to represent the organization’s current data system, providing an understanding of how the data flows through an organization, or be developed to show a new desired data system. The model can be used […]
How to Govern a Business Glossary
Many people see the dictionary as a thing of unquestionable authority, with words and meanings that rarely change. Likewise, in corporate culture, business leaders often mistake the business glossary – a collection of data-related terms and definitions used within an organization – as being static, straightforward, and simple to develop and maintain. Timothy Mulholland, senior of insights […]
Cloud Computing Trends in 2023
The trends in cloud computing are an expression of the cloud services that people and businesses find useful. Public cloud providers offer a broad range of software and services that are generally quicker and more flexible than the in-house versions. In the last few decades, many businesses have included cloud computing as a part of […]
2022 DATAVERSITY Top 20
Every December, we here at DATAVERSITY set aside time to dig through our data and reflect on the hits and misses of the year. We want to know: Which content did you, our data-loving readers, consume and enjoy the most? Which Data Management topics and experts helped you learn valuable new skills, succeed at your […]
The Future of Edge Computing
Many organizations would like to implement edge computing, but its future will be determined, at least in part, by the cost of its hardware and the development of appropriate software. At present, edge computing is very expensive to install, and only large businesses and corporations can afford these systems. Two factors restrict the use of […]