Billions of things with sensors surround people and their lives. These Internet of Things (IoT) interact with people, homes, factories, workplaces, cities, farms, and vehicles. Gartner predicts that by 2021, IoT technology will be in 95 percent of electronics for new product designs, from wearables to medical devices and beyond. IoT promises useful information, allowing […]
The 12 Days of Data Management
Click to learn more about author Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so much […]
Metadata Management and Analytics: What is the Intersection?
Metadata Management implies a set of activities, which administer data for better usage and outcomes. Thus, this practice involves establishing stringent roles, responsibilities, policies, and processes to ensure that data-driven information is available, accessible, sharable, and maintainable across an organization for the best analysis and application of such information in daily business. In that sense, Metadata […]
2020 DATAVERSITY Top 20
With 2020 now behind us, we here at DATAVERSITY are taking a moment to look back on the hits and misses of this unprecedented year. What content did you, our readers, seek out most during challenging times? Which topics helped you succeed as a data professional, and what should we focus more on in 2021 […]
RWDG Slides: The Future of Data Governance – IoT, AI, IG, and Cloud
RWDG Slides: The Future of Data Governance – IoT, AI, IG, and Cloud from DATAVERSITY To view just the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Data Governance, as a discipline, has been around for more than 20 years. With each passing year, Data Governance faces […]
RWDG Webinar: The Future of Data Governance – IoT, AI, IG, and Cloud
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> This webinar is sponsored by: About the Webinar Data Governance, as a discipline, has been around for more than 20 years. With each passing year, Data Governance faces new challenges that come from advances in technology and new ways of leveraging data to do business. […]
Defining Purpose, Scope, and Objectives in a Data Governance Policy
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. In the last blog, we defined how to determine the target audience for a Data Governance policy. In this blog, we will begin to define the actual Data Governance policy. There are at least two primary documents that govern most working groups or committees. The first is […]
CPRA and the Future of Enterprise Data Responsibility
Click to learn more about author Anne Hardy. On November 3, California voters passed the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The new law expanded upon the existing California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and brought its regulation closer to the gold standard of privacy regulation — the EU’s GDPR. The law’s focus on sensitive personal information, […]
Demystifying Master Data Management
Thomas Edison may have understood the importance of Master Data Management before the term was formally coined. He said, “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” While ideas in the early 20th century relied on thoughts and things, ideas in this information age depend on data. Take reference data: unchanging tags […]
An Introduction to Metadata Management
Click to learn more about author Sowmya Tejha Kandregula. According to IDC, the size of the global datasphere is projected to reach 163 ZB by 2025, leading to the disparate data sources in legacy systems, new system deployments, and the creation of data lakes and data warehouses. Most organizations do not utilize the entirety of the data […]