In our digitally obsessed economy, it’s become all too prevalent for knowledge workers to assume that data problems are best solved with newer and better tech. In fact, the most powerful solutions for maximizing business value are right under the noses of management – in the form of improving data literacy skills. In the service of […]
Eight Common Data Strategy Pitfalls
In the digital business world, organizations can’t take advantage of their data assets without a proper Data Strategy in place. The Data Strategy is the plan that enables an enterprise to meet its business goals through its data. Avoiding common Data Strategy pitfalls and creating a successful strategy empowers an organization to realize its mission […]
5 Key Elements of a Data Governance Framework
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Data Strategy Trends in 2023: Toward Organizational Alignment
Any organization making data decisions should have a Data Strategy, a set of choices that chart a course of action to achieve high-level goals. In 2023, many business leaders will shift toward reframing their strategy to manage their data better. Over the past few years, most companies have managed data sporadically, resulting in a disjointed […]
Getting Executive Buy-In for Data Analytics
In a world driven by data, business analytics and data analytics can work together to maximize efficiencies, uncover actionable insights, and help businesses drive value. Data analytics is an iterative study of data in an organization, focusing on applying statistical and other techniques to uncover insights that may help to promote innovation and the financial […]
The Importance of a Modern Data Architecture
The legacy architecture of some organizations’ data systems may need a serious upgrade to stay competitive. For example, the old architecture of a business may provide a clumsy fit when accessing cloud services and take longer to transfer data and perform tasks within the cloud. This results in higher cloud costs. Additionally, upgrading to a […]
Developing a Digital Transformation Roadmap
Digital transformation is about more than just digital technologies. It is also about organizations adopting new cultures, structures, and processes that will align with IT architecture, leading to comprehensive digital solutions. A digital transformation roadmap is defined as a process illustrating how an organization can adopt digital technologies to meet business objectives. This roadmap includes a series of steps […]
Creating and Implementing a Metadata Strategy
Developing a metadata strategy is necessary for a growing business to maintain and improve efficiency. Metadata is a small amount of data that is used to identify a larger collection of data (images, text, files, digital objects). It is generated each time data is collected from its source, moved through a data system, accessed by […]