DataEd Slides: Data Strategy – Plans Are Useless but Planning Is Invaluable from DATAVERSITY To view just the On Demand recording of this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar Too often we hear the question – can you help me with a data strategy? Unfortunately, for most, this is the wrong request because it focuses […]
DataEd Webinar: Data Strategy – Plans Are Useless but Planning Is Invaluable
To view just the slides from this presentation, click HERE>> About the Webinar Too often we hear the question – can you help me with a data strategy? Unfortunately, for most, this is the wrong request because it focuses on its least valuable aspect. The more useful request is – can you help me apply […]
The Value of Metadata Governance
Data, by itself, is just data. But put data in context—that’s when it becomes useful information. Robert Seiner, while speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference, said that what provides that context is metadata: “Data plus metadata equals the information that our organizations need to use to be successful.” Seiner is President and […]
Getting Ahead of Data Matching: Building the Right Strategies for Today and Tomorrow
Click to learn more about author Harald Smith. Every organization understands the importance of matching and connecting the same entities together (and the role of data quality capabilities to do so), but too often they take a limited view toward it, building data matching processes to address the situation in the moment but not taking […]
2019 DATAVERSITY Top 20
It is once again time to look back and evaluate the struggles and successes of the previous year and then build those lessons into the year to come. Part of how we do that here at DATAVERSITY is to look at the content consumed by the community over the year and evaluate what was hot […]
Building Data Definition Consensus
Data definitions are about a business creating a common vocabulary in a common language. They’re about how the organization thinks about itself. Take product data: The business needs to know what products it sells, how they can be categorized, what needs to be understood about that, who has financial responsibility for them, and why it […]
Why You Need to Consider Microservices Architecture Now
Click to learn more about author Ariff Kassam. Many companies are considering migrating their legacy applications to cloud-computing models and implementing microservices as part of that migration. These organizations are looking to take advantage of many of the benefits microservices offer, such as lower IT infrastructure costs, and the ability to deliver application changes faster […]
Cloud Usage is Rising: How to Maximize Cloud Benefits and Data Protection Together
Click to learn more about author Trevor Bidle. While “cloud” has been a top buzzword in tech for many years in a row now, it seems to be warranted. The benefits and possibilities of the cloud appear to be endless, and many major tech leaders gladly sing its praises. The late Steve Jobs spoke highly […]
Put Your Data To Work with DAMA Phil
Click to learn more about video blogger 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, Chief Data Officers, Data Quality, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in […]
Metadata Management Drives the Future of Data Management
Metadata Management makes a huge difference in finding critical data and helps enterprises not get lost within millions (or billions) of records. Metadata provides context about data, describing the information inside a data set, like a candy wrapper detailing the ingredients of the sweet stuff it encloses. This kind of data about data drives a […]