Data Monetization: Data Assets into Profit
You may have heard the term “data monetization” but you might not fully understand what it means. Obviously you know…
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Battling Data Demons with Data Governance
Introduction The stories you hear on the news often mention how this person or that person was battling their demons.…
The Digital Transformer: Digital (Re)Education
Recently, I watched The Intern. Have you seen it? It stars Robert De Niro as Ben, a 70-year old widowed…
The Business of Data: Focus on the Data that is Important to Your Business
A key tenet of my information management practice is that any data strategy needs to be driven by the organization’s…
Bots in a Smart Data World
Tony Sarris will be Bob Seiner’s guest in the May 2016 installment of the Real-World Data Governance webinar series –…
IT Data Governance: Run IT like a Business
I asked several people recently if they had ever heard of “IT Data Governance.” The most common responses I received…
What are NoSQL Databases?
What is NoSQL? I bet you guessed that it doesn’t use SQL, right? It is sort of right there in…
Driving Data Innovation in the City of Chicago
The City of Chicago spent several years and a considerable amount of money building a situational awareness platform called “WindyGrid”…
Which Business Rule do I Believe?
Here we are, well into the 21st Century, and still we have large companies that are not in control of…
A Practical Tool for Data Stewards
Data stewardship is an important role in today’s data-driven business organizations. Data stewards facilitate consensus about data definitions, quality, and…