“If you pay attention to how many times you hear conference speakers use the word ‘culture,’ you’re going to be surprised,” remarked Mary Levins, founder of Sierra Creek Consulting, during her DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World Conference presentation titled The Culture-Centric Approach to Data Governance. She co-presented with Cassie Elder, the owner of DataCraft Partners. They […]
Managing Metadata: An Examination of Successful Approaches
“If Google can deliver results across the entire internet in seconds, why do I have so much trouble finding things in my organization?” asked Jonathan Adams, Research Director at Infogix, at the DATAVERSITY® DGVision Conference. In a presentation titled, “I Never Metadata I did Not Like” Adams outlined successful approaches to understanding and managing metadata […]
Jump Start Data Management Initiatives Through Improved Business Cases
Inch by inch, step by step, block by block – that’s how you build a business case for Data Management. What those inches, steps, and blocks will look like depends in large part on the organizational maturity of the business with regard to Data Management. In more mature businesses, it’s easier to make the case […]
CFOs Signal Confidence in International Growth Data Strategies
Click to learn more about author Nicole Sahin. CFOs sit at the sharp end of business decision-making, working with other senior leaders to evaluate financial performance and determine short and long-term data strategies. Their varied responsibilities include assessing the viability of overseas expansion — an important decision that can involve significant investment. They must balance […]
How to Transform into a Data-Driven Organization?
Click to learn more about author Konain Qurban. It is a journey to ensure the alignment of analytics initiatives to organizational objectives, combined with consistent and effective coordination of activities across all business units. The road from a pile of raw data to insights and from insights to action is paved with strategic goals. More […]
Cloud Data Warehouse vs. Cloud Data Lake: Overall Resource Efficiency and Productivity
Click here to learn more about Jason Nadeau. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, IT budgets have become tighter, driving technology leaders to figure out ways to do more with less. Data-driven enterprises cannot simply afford to sunset data modernization or data analytics projects. In times like this, several industry verticals (insurance, financial services, and healthcare) […]
The Virtual Chief AI Officer: A Critical Advisor to the C-Suite
Click to learn more about author Asha Saxena. AI’s rapid surge in value-add has left companies struggling to adopt this highly complex technology. Executives struggle to understand it. At a basic level, the terminology is confusing — machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, computational statistics, cognitive computing, natural language/speech processing, robotic process automation (RPA), AI, etc. […]
Cultivating a “Digital-Ready” Culture to Support Digital Transformation
Click to learn more about author Deborah Soule This is the seventh part of a series on digital transformation. Read Part One titled Where is Your Organization on the Digital Transformation Journey? Part Two is titled Stages of Transition in Becoming a Digital Organization. Part Three is titled Learning from the Cultures of High-Performing Digital Organizations. Continue […]
Cloud Data Warehouses Turn Out to Be a Big Data Detour
Click here to learn more about Jason Nadeau. Cloud data lakes are evolving rapidly. The innovative and deeply cost-effective data lake approaches to data storage, processing, and consumption that we have available today are something that not many could have envisioned just a few years ago. Enterprises now have the opportunity to leverage all sorts […]
Data Strategy Trends in 2020
When it comes to having a Data Strategy, are you there yet? Remember, a real Data Strategy isn’t a road stop. It’s the destination. There’s optimism that Data Strategy in 2020 will be on the highway somewhere between those two points. Much of the good vibe is created by the fact that business stakeholders are […]