Click to learn more about author Roland Bullivant. Data Catalogs are a fast-growing critical component of an Enterprise Information Management strategy. They provide a solution to document, and enable users to find and understand, how data is used across the enterprise data landscape. This is particularly valuable in the context of Data Governance and compliance, […]
Collibra Introduces ‘Citizen-Sourced Ratings’ in New Collibra 5.4 Release
A new press release reports, “Data-driven organizations realize the importance of deriving value from their data for business advantage. But this can only be achieved when data citizens (anyone within the organization who uses data to perform their job) can easily access the data, understand it, and trust it. Today, Collibra, the leader in enterprise […]
Using Data to Save Lives: A New Approach to the Opioid Epidemic
Click to learn more about author Mackenzie Thompson. There is no shortage of data about the opioid epidemic. Statistics about the prevalence of this problem are available online from a variety of sources, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). How we make use of this data […]
Big Data, Make Room for Precision Data
Click to learn more about author Justin Schweisberger. In the six years or so since it started to grab headlines, Big Data has made it to the mainstream, and businesses are starting to report tangible results. Most large organizations now have Big Data initiatives in place. Yet for many, there’s still a long way to […]
Using Your Data Corpus to Further Digital Transformation
Click to learn more about author Gary Orenstein. Introduction Every day we see freshly created data streams. From new mobile apps, to new connected appliances and automobiles, to new business applications capturing information from all corners of the world, we are awash in data. This dramatic trend is perhaps best illustrated in the skyrocketing valuations […]
Alation’s Enterprise Data Catalog Values Data Assets for the Chief Data Officer
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Alation Inc., the collaborative data company, today announced increased support for Chief Data Officers looking to manage their data as an asset. Alation 5.0 will include new features and a services package to make data asset valuation simple by promoting the adoption of Infonomics. The Alation Data […]
A Month in the Life of a Chief Data Officer
What does a Chief Data Officer’s (CDO) regular routine look like? DATAVERSITY® wanted to learn more about the activities that define a CDO’s typical working day, and Ursula Cottone, CDO and Head of Enterprise Data and Process Services for Citizens Bank, was kind enough to share where her role regularly leads her today, as she […]
The Leader’s Data Manifesto Debuts: Making Data as an Asset Everyone’s Business
The Enterprise Data World 2017 Conference in Atlanta was host to the announcement of The Leader’s Data Manifesto. The document, which you can sign here, urges that organizations embrace large scale change at the people, structural, and cultural level to truly become data-driven. The Leader’s Data Manifesto is the work of data industry leading proponents […]
Alation Announces Alation Tableau Edition
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Alation, Inc., the collaborative data company, today announced the planned Q4 release of a new product, Alation Tableau Edition, a data governance offering specifically designed for Tableau users. The new Alation product deeply integrates with Tableau Server and supports a new approach to no-risk, self-service analytics. […]
Making the Case for Data Governance in Your Business
by Angela Guess Randy Bean, CEO of NewVantage Partners, recently wrote in Forbes, “I have long had an aversion to the term, ‘Data Governance.’ As one senior executive put it, ‘it sounds like ‘Data Government,’ and that can’t be good!’ For analysts and data scientists who aspire to innovation and data experimentation, governance can imply […]