Beware of the Impending Data Blizzard
Winter will soon be in full swing. Here in New York, we had a bomb cyclone late last year followed…
Data Education
Does Database or Version Matter?
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “Never discuss politics or religion in polite company.” That’s good advice. This blog is…
Automating Data Management and Governance through Machine Learning
In my last article I described how data from core repositories such as the ERP transactional systems, was augmented so…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: A Tool for Agile Data Transformation (MDOX)
Data Transformation is usually thought of in the context of database ETL (Extraction, Transformation, and Loading)— i.e. moving data wholesale…
Databases Do Not Build Themselves
Unfortunately, a lot of databases start as a gleam in someone’s eye. Maybe it consists of a couple of tables needed…
Improve Data Governance in Your Data Models
The practice of improving data governance in data models is inefficient and can cause a potentially dangerous situation. This practice…
Practical Points from the DGPO: I Need A Data Governance Therapist
Why is Data Governance so hard? I often kid at Data Governance conferences (like the Dataversity and DEBtech International winter…
The Basics of Project Management
Project management is an absolutely vital part of any organization’s management structure. When a product is made within a corporation,…
The Book Look: Achieving Buzzword Compliance
Come back in time with me to 1999. What a year for both movies and data! You probably can guess…
Collaborative Information Governance
This is the second of three articles that I am writing to introduce the Collaborative Information Governance Framework (CIGF)TM. The…