Articles
Who Should Own Data Governance?
One of the first steps organizations take when preparing to deliver a data governance program is to determine where in the organization…
Knowledge Graphs vs. Property Graphs – Part II
Differences in Terminology and Capability Building on the terms and concepts introduced in Part I of this white paper, Part II digs deeper…
The Data Organization Spectrum
When trying to build out a data organization, it is important to consider how people will be interacting with data. Will many people have…
Voice Banking and Information Governance
Voice, messaging and artificial intelligence are helping transform customer engagement, particularly in financial services. But just how…
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Columns
Data’s Gender Gap: The Roots of Data’s Gender Gap
When working with students and educators to address a particular issue, I often have them draw a massive tree. They usually look confused, but…
Make An Impact: The Data Catalog is a 1980’s Solution for 2020’s Problems
Remember the Sears catalog? Hundreds of pages of clothes quickly flipped past to get to the toys! Who didn’t spend countless hours trying to…
Data is Risky Business: Business of Data and Book of Five Rings
The background to this column is simple. A few weeks ago, Len Silverston and I wound up discussing the application of the insights, philosophy,…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric vs. Centralization
We just finished a conversation with a client who was justifiably proud of having centralized what had previously been a very decentralized…
Blogs
What is a Data Management Platform?
Digital media is growing more and more complex by the day, and as a result, so is the data generated and harvested around the world.…
The Gamification of Data Governance
Getting the business engaged with data governance can sometimes be a challenge. Any sort of driver to make that a more organic experience…
Data Is Changing Healthcare
The more we hear about data, the more we realize its importance and relevance. Spreading all around the globe impressively fast, it has…
Approaches to Secure Data in the Cloud
Cloud adoption is growing exponentially due to its apparent business benefits. These include improved efficiency, scalability, faster…
Features
Automating Your Corporate Data Estate
Automation has revolutionized industries and business for years. In the world of data, automation plays a well-honed role in rapidly…
Getting the Most Out of Data
With the influx of data being generated and collected, coupled with the huge advancements in technology, it’s no surprise that…
Experimentation in Data Science
Modern business is all about data, and when it comes to increasing your advantage over competitors, there is nothing like experimentation.…
Build or Buy Data Management
The new reality businesses face is fairly simple: capital expenditures have been frozen, and finding inefficiencies in operational expenses…
What DBAs Should Do Before Taking a Vacation
Everybody wants to take a relaxing holiday from time to time, whether you are a veteran DBA standing watch over million dollar…
The New Reality – Data or Bust
Tobi Lutke, CEO of Shopify, announced, “We will keep our offices closed until 2021 so that we can rework them for this new reality”,…
Coronavirus Response and Shadow IT Test Information Governance
The challenges of the coronavirus emergency and economic crunch has caused many organizations to go into survival mode. They created…
How AI Will Save Us from the Coronavirus
COVID-19! Even the word sounds repulsive. This horrendous disease has killed over 100,000 people in the past 6 months and devastated…
Data Modeling and Database Design
Data modeling and database design is an in-demand career path, and database design is a crucial skill set that experienced DBAs must…