The importance of data has increased multifold as we step into 2022, with an emphasis on active Data Management and Data Governance. Furthermore, thanks to the introduction of new technology and tools, we are now able to automate labor-intensive data and privacy operations. Below are five Data Governance trends organizations can adopt based on digital […]
Start Small and Scale Up with Data Profiling, Data Quality, and Data Governance
Organizations today are rallying business users around using data to make better business decisions. Business users want to know where that data lives, understand if people are accessing the right data at the right time, and be assured that the data is of high quality. But they are not always out shopping for Data Quality […]
Lean Governance Delivers Clean, Controlled Data at the Lowest Cost
Going lean is all about the elimination of waste and risk. In the manufacturing world, lean methods focused on delivering a high-quality product to the customer. In the data world, Lean Governance delivers clean, timely, and controlled data at the lowest cost with minimal bureaucracy. The path to Lean Governance begins with a view across […]
How a Cultural Shift Toward Data Democratization Can Improve Analytics
As part of a well-desired culture change of data awareness in an organization, data democratization is a concept that enables easy access to data by anyone. The ease of availability and access to data allows for direct and indirect data monetization, thus improving revenue streams. This concept can be realized through an internal marketplace as […]
Data as a Product: What We Can Learn from More Established Industries
A concise definition of data product was coined by DJ Patil as “a product that facilitates an end goal through the use of data.” This includes not only pure datasets, both raw and refined, but also products based heavily on algorithms, models, and similar data-intensive workloads. Leaders in data are leaders in business, and treating data as a product is […]
What Is Business Semantics?
Business semantics describes metadata, reconciled to have consistent organizational terms and meanings. While business metadata describes data to enhance business value, business semantics makes up a sub-set of this metadata, the vocabulary. Business semantics can result in a business glossary, but it may take on a combination of different formats. Conceptual data models, data catalogs, […]
The Little Red Data Hen – A Cautionary Tale
Click to learn more about author 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, the difference between master data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so much more. […]
Implementing a Business Glossary in Data Governance
Click to learn more about author Sharad Varshney. A business glossary is a list of data-related terms and definitions, displayed clearly and logically so everyone in an organization can access them. A business glossary is an essential Data Literacy tool and crucial for effective Data Governance. Standardization is one of the major components of Data Literacy and, subsequently, […]
So You Want to be a Data Curator?
Data curation is highly focused on maintaining and managing metadata, and not the database itself. Consequently, much of data curation involves such things as good communications and the usage popularity of services or articles. Data curators not only create, manage, and maintain data, but may also be involved in determining best practices for working with […]
Data Mesh in Practice: Learnings from a Customer Journey
Click to learn more about author Mathias Golombek. In my last blog post, I introduced the data mesh concept and explored the link between data democratization and data mesh. Since then I’ve had lots of interesting conversations on the topic with colleagues and customers. In particular, I interviewed one customer who has been on a very […]