How can an organization thrive in the 2020s, a changing and confusing time with significant Data Management demands and platform options such as data warehouses, Hadoop, and the cloud? Trying to save money by bandaging and using the same old Data Architecture ends up pushing data uphill, making it harder to use. Rethinking data usage, storage, and computation is […]
How Today’s Digital-Native Businesses Are Securing the Open Data Lakehouse
Today, we’re seeing more companies embrace cloud-based technologies to deliver superior customer experiences. An underlying architectural pattern is the leveraging of an open data lakehouse. That is no surprise – open data lakehouses can easily handle digital-era data types that traditional data warehouses were not designed for. Data warehouses are great at both analyzing and storing […]
Using a Data Lake Engine to Provide Self-Service Insights
Understanding and fulfilling customer needs is the key to business success, and customer data is the foundation upon which that success is built. Accessing and analyzing data is almost always dependent on data engineers and other IT staff, while decision-makers wait to receive insights. One way to skip the wait, and deliver data directly to […]
Data Modeling Trends in 2022
A data model should show the relationships that exist between various customers, concepts, products, among many. Data Modeling describes the creation of a visual representation (a chart or diagram) of a data system, or parts of that system. It is used to display and communicate connections between objects/concepts and shows their relationships. The goal of […]
The Dangers of a Data Swamp (and How to Avoid Them)
“Data is the currency of the future,” many experts have predicted. The 21st century has been characterized by the astounding amount of data we’ve gained access to. But what happens if this data isn’t properly stored? A data swamp begins to develop, and accessing that data becomes difficult and sometimes impossible. The internet, social media, […]
7 Factors to Consider When Deploying a Modern Data Estate
The abilities of an organization towards capturing, storing, and analyzing data; searching, sharing, transferring, visualizing, querying, and updating data; and meeting compliance and regulations are mandatory for any sustainable organization. Many companies have already invested in their data environment by deploying a traditional data warehouse, but data warehouses have many limitations. For example, most data warehouses […]
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 Warehouse vs. Data Lake Technology: Different Approaches to Managing Data
Solving business problems using big data depends upon the approach taken. For example, if an organization only knows data warehouses, then challenges will be framed to fit using a data warehouse. As Abraham Maslow, a prominent psychologist eloquently said “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat […]
The Connection Between Good Data Management and Enterprise Agility
Click to learn more about author Russ Ernst. The word “agile” is defined in one dictionary as “quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe.” During the last two years, however, the word has taken on an entirely different meaning for companies navigating the complexities of a pandemic. As the realities of a highly contagious virus set in and hundreds of thousands […]
Case Study: Centrica Succeeds with Data Discovery at Scale
“When you’ve got a mass of data, how do you analyze that data and get to a point where you can get the gemstones, the diamonds out of it?” Mike Young, Chief Information Officer with Centrica, knows what it’s like to wade through a sea of petabytes and terabytes to find value. Centrica is an […]