September 18, 2023 – DATAVERSITY announced today it has completed its acquisition of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN). Established in 1997 by Robert S. Seiner, TDAN is an internet-based publication focused on providing educational resources, best practices, and techniques associated with the management of data and information. “I’m delighted we could complete this transfer, as DATAVERSITY is […]
Yes, Being a Citizen Data Scientist Can Help You Succeed
If your enterprise has nominated you for the role of a citizen data scientist, you must have the right tools and augmented analytics features to help you fulfill your role. Gartner has predicted that “90% of corporate strategies will explicitly mention information as a critical enterprise asset and analytics as an essential competency.” This statement, coupled with […]
EEDL Webinar: The Language of Literacy. When We Label People, Does It Help or Hurt?
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar How we talk about literacy impacts how people feel about it. Are your people data aware? Data fluent? Data challenged? Data brilliant? We will profile the language being used and try to make sense of the categories. About the Speaker Wendy D. Lynch, PhD Founder, Analytic-Translator.com and […]
Self-Service Data Without Chaos
Information is power, and the ability to put information into the hands of those who can quickly act on it separates the leaders from the laggards in any market. Everyone in an organization – from HR professionals leveraging data to dictate hiring decisions to brand managers leveraging data for pricing optimization – benefits from analytics. […]
Core Data Concepts for Digital Transformation
Without a clear understanding of core data concepts, communications around implementing an organizational Data Management initiative can become a muddle. As different teams come together to plan and organize data activities, they must integrate what they mean about data with any technologies. For example, take the term “Data Governance.” Data engineers building systems and tools to enable […]
Creating a Successful Data Quality Strategy
Maximizing the value of data often comes down to ensuring it’s in the right place at the right time and in the right form. While that process may produce magical-seeming results, the road to creating an optimal data quality strategy need not be mystifying. This was the guiding message delivered by Monika Kapoor – director […]
Data Literacy 101
From social media to online shopping, data is generated and collected at an unprecedented rate. In the current data-powered society, it is crucial to be able to understand and interpret all types of data. Data literacy – the ability to read, analyze, and communicate with data – is crucial to use the power of data. […]
How Data Governance and Data Literacy Overlap
In today’s tech-driven world, with 120 zettabytes generated annually, most of us already use data – and lots of it. “Everyone who reads a paper or scrolls through the Internet is already acquainted with data,” said Wendy Lynch, founder of analytic-translator.com and Lynch Consulting, in a recent Elevating Enterprise Data Literacy webinar. “We depend on data, compare data, react to data, […]
Creating a Data Maturity Model: What, Why, How
Creating a data maturity model can be useful for a business that is shifting from minimal use of its data to maximizing its potential. A data maturity model is a blueprint that can help determine the best ways to improve how an organization uses its data. It can identify the gaps in a business’s data […]
EEDL Webinar: How Will AI Change Literacy and Access to Data?
Download the slides here>> About the Webinar When AI interfaces convert spoken natural language into code, allowing anyone to query and analyze data, does it make literacy more or less important? We will hear from Ai-assisted analytic providers and users to explore the implications. About the Speaker Wendy D. Lynch, PhD Founder, Analytic-Translator.com and […]