The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric’s Role in the Reduction of Complexity
Complexity Drives Cost in Information Systems A system with twice the number of lines of code will typically cost more than twice as much to build and …
Designing Data Governance
In our last entry, we talked about assessment. Now we’re moving into the design phase of our information management program. Here, we reap the knowledge …
The Data Forecast: Don’t Be Chris Burke
Every organization seems to have little things about their culture that makes the place unique. At one of my former employers, this took the form of people …
Leveraging Big Data in a Small Business
It’s no secret that big data is a loaded concept that requires a great deal of unpacking to understand and utilize correctly. Despite the grandeur of the …
Saving a Failing Data Governance Program
Data Governance programs tend to take a long time to get started, to gain momentum and to demonstrate measurable value to the organization. Over this period, …
MDM Requires These Data Governance Activities
Many organizations seem to be confused in how to implement a master data management (MDM) program. The MDM program is complex given that it truly is an …
Data and Trending Technologies: Data in Blockchain Technologies
In my previous column on TDAN.com, I reviewed key technologies in vogue now and promised to dig deeper into data management’s role in each of those …
Is Data Governance a Marathon or a Sprint?
Why compare Data Governance and Data Management with running? Firstly, I am passionate about both topics. Secondly, mindset for both are strikingly similar. …
DAMA International Community Corner: DMBOK 2 Recap
It’s been almost four months now since DAMA-DMBOK 2 was launched, and we are extremely happy to report that sales have gone very well. DAMA decided that …
Data is the New Bacon
Data is hot because … everything seems to always come back to the data. And there is so much of it – often referred to as Big Data. Data lies at the …