“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 […]
Semantic Web and Semantic Technology Trends in 2019
What to expect of Semantic Web and other Semantic Technologies in 2019? Quite a bit. DATAVERSITY® engaged with leaders in the space to get their thoughts on how Semantic Technologies will have an impact on multiple areas. As DATAVERSITY discussed last year, Knowledge Graphs have gotten a lot of attention as a backbone for Machine […]
SAP Advances Data Governance and Trust with Updates to EIM Portfolio
According to a new press release, “SAP SE today announced updates to the enterprise information management (EIM) portfolio that help reduce data landscape complexities by expanding data connectivity and source support as well as providing an integrated and simplified data management experience. Updates to the SAP® Master Data Governance and SAP Agile Data Preparation applications […]
New COBIT 2019 Resources Help Organizations Design Tailored Governance Systems
According to a recent press release, “Following the launch of the COBIT 2019 framework last month, ISACA has published a Design Guide and an Implementation Guide to make the governance framework more practical, customizable and easier to use. The new guides, available as free downloads for ISACA’s 135,000 members as well as for purchase by […]
Data Management and the Internet of Things
Billions of things with sensors surround people and their lives. These Internet of Things (IoT) interact with people, homes, factories, workplaces, cities, farms, and vehicles. Gartner predicts that by 2020, IoT technology will be in 95 percent of electronics for new product designs, from wearables to medical devices and beyond. IoT promises useful information, allowing […]
Data Governance and Data Stewardship Drive Successful Glossaries and Dictionaries
It would be any Data Manager’s nightmare to run meetings that create pedantic and irrelevant business glossaries or data dictionaries, which eventually gather cyber dust. However, skipping over building and maintaining a good business glossary or data dictionary risks convoluted meanings, confusing communications, and business failures. What should a company do? Robert S. Seiner (Bob), […]
Achieving Data Governance 2.0 with Knowledge Graph Technology
When you use Google, pick a movie from Netflix, talk to Siri or Alexa, or look for your nephew on Facebook, you’re benefiting from Knowledge Graph technology. DATAVERSITY® recently caught up with the three co-founders of TopQuadrant, CEO Irene Polikoff, CTO Ralph Hodgson, and CMO Robert Coyne, to get their perspective on Knowledge Graph technology […]
Data Management Trends in 2019
The sudden growth of business data in recent years due to streaming data technologies and Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile, and Big Data pipelines, has businesses struggling to put better Data Management practices in place. Organizations are constantly in search of advanced data collection and storage, Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Security platforms. Why […]
A Framework for Companies Seeking to Invest in Artificial Intelligence
Click to learn more about author Asha Saxena. You can’t seem to get away from seeing tech headlines about how many companies want to adopt or use AI for their Business Intelligence applications and technologies. From a Forbes article titled ‘“Preparing Your Business For The Artificial Intelligence Revolution” to a Martech advisor one called “How to […]
Data Quality: Naughty or Nice?
Click to learn more about author Kevin W. McCarthy. Just in time for the holidays, I put together my first annual “Data Quality: Naughty or Nice” list. For your average person, Data Quality can be a really dry topic. When you start talking about consolidating customer records (checking that Jon Smith and J Smith are […]