Click to learn more about author Mark Marinelli. Think of your current Data Management process. Is it effective? Are you able to get reliable data you need to carry out business functions served up to you in a timely, actionable manner? Today’s Data Challenge Businesses today face an ongoing data mastering challenge. Too many organizations […]
Monetizing Information? Show Me Your Data Model
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. I recently (finally) had the opportunity to read Doug Laney’s fine book about Infonomics. I have followed his work on this for years, because we share the ambition that data and information should be recognized as assets, just like factory equipment and trucks. Because data keep the […]
NPI Plus MDM Yields Omnichannel Success
Click to learn more about author Bruck Assefa. New product development and introduction requires the collaborative participation of different departments, often working in parallel. New product introductions (NPI) often represent a make-or-break opportunity for manufacturers and brands, especially in younger companies. Yet the statistics on NPI success are daunting — recent studies from LNS Research highlight […]
Panasas Introduces the Industry’s Only Plug-and-Play Portable Parallel File System
According to a recent press release out of the company, “Panasas today announced ActiveStor® Ultra, the next generation of its high-performance computing (HPC) storage solution, featuring PanFS® 8, the industry’s only plug-and-play, portable, parallel filesystem. ActiveStor Ultra expands Panasas’ leadership position in the HPC market by delivering up to 75 GB/s per rack on industry-standard […]
Accommodating the Growing Enterprise Shift to the Cloud
The shift to the Cloud has already had a huge impact on enterprise IT. And more is yet to come. Soon enough, Data Protection will be viewed as a service that enterprise IT will expect from their Cloud service providers in order to deliver data availability for their users. Gartner, for instance, has predicted that […]
Data Literacy and the Colin Powell Rule: From Frontline Field Support to Back Office Operations
Click to learn more about author Paul Barth. Colin Powell famously said that leaders should make critical decisions based on a defined zone of uncertainty. Acting with less than 40% of the data needed is reckless; waiting for more than 70% of the data may be fatal. Balancing time and certainty is a challenge for […]
What is a Customer Data Platform?
Click to learn more about author Jonathan Lee. In the past year and a half DATAVERSITY readers have been exposed to new Customer Data Platform (CDP) offerings from vendors like BlueConic, RedPoint Global, and others. But what is a CDP? First introduced around 2013, CDP is a concept defined by the Customer Data Platform Institute […]
Data Virtualization Defined: How it Helps Organizations Succeed
Data Virtualization (DV) is unlike traditional Data Integration, where change must be made on multiple layers; Data Virtualization makes change easy for the business as new requirements and sources can be integrated and changed rapidly. The Data Management Association International (DAMA) Data Management Book of Knowledge (DMBOK), second edition, describes Data Virtualization as: “Data Virtualization […]
How to Revitalize Knowledge Management in Your Organization and Why Do it Now?
Click to learn more about author Sandra Lupanava. Modern organizations are excited about innovative solutions built with the latest technologies. Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and IoT are true tech icons every company wants to incorporate into their business processes. Obsessed with the global technology race, organizations seem to forget about down-to-earth but important enterprise processes, such […]
Denodo Brings Data Virtualization Technology to the Masses
According to a new press release, “In an effort to help organizations better understand data virtualization (DV) and how they can use it to gain fast and easy access to unified business information, Denodo, a leader in data virtualization, today announced the general availability of a free Test Drive environment for evaluating the benefits of […]