Typically, Data Governance programs start with Data Quality, because that is where end users or stakeholders begin to interact with data, especially from the reporting and analytics perspective. “They get a report that doesn’t match another report and they can’t marry it to other data,” said Mary Anne Hopper, Data Management Consultant at SAS Institute. […]
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 […]
The Value of Metadata Governance
Data, by itself, is just data. But put data in context—that’s when it becomes useful information. Robert Seiner, while speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online Conference, said that what provides that context is metadata: “Data plus metadata equals the information that our organizations need to use to be successful.” Seiner is President and […]
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 […]
What to Expect in 2022: Data Privacy, Data Quality, and More
As 2021 begins to draw to a close, there are lessons to be learned for marketers faced with abrupt changing consumer behaviors and an acceleration of digital channels. Three big shifts came this year, namely in the realms of consumer data privacy, the use of third-party cookies vs. first-party data, and the regulations and expectations […]
Press Release: Agenda Announced for Enterprise Data Governance Online 2022
November 30, 2021 – DATAVERSITY announced the agenda and opened registration today for the seventh annual Enterprise Data Governance Online (EDGO). This free online event will take place at datagovernanceonline.com on January 26, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. EDGO is designed to teach anyone working with data how to plan, implement, manage, […]
Building a Grassroots Data Management and Data Governance Program
Many in enterprise Data Management know the challenges that rapid business growth can present. Whether through acquisition or organic growth, the amount of enterprise data coming into the organization can feel exponential as the business hires more people, opens new locations, and serves new customers. The enterprise IT team, in particular, plays a significant role […]
Taking the Right Steps to Implement Data Governance and Data Stewardship
Data as an asset comes up a lot in conversations these days. Data Governance enters the picture because of the huge role Data Strategy plays in supporting the business strategy – and the need for that to happen without compromising data security, according to Mary Levins, Data Governance Principal at Sierra Creek Consulting. Among the […]
The Distributed Cloud and Data Governance
The business of Data Management embraced new complexities when diverse types of data started flowing in—in huge volumes through multiple data channels and in real time. Analysis of very high-speed, high volume, multi-type business data necessitated the growth and development of advanced Data Management technologies and tools, and cloud computing technologies were born out of […]
A Brief History of Data Quality
The term “Data Quality” focuses primarily on the level of accuracy possessed by the data, but also includes other qualities such as accessibility and usefulness. Some data isn’t accurate at all, which, in turn, promotes bad decision-making. Some organizations promote fact checking and Data Governance, and, as a consequence, make decisions that give them an […]