Articles
Disinformation, Governance and Trust
In April 2022, the Department of Homeland Security announced the “Disinformation Governance Board” whose ostensible mission was to stop…
Trends Data Leaders Should Anticipate
Not surprisingly, digital transformation is a prerequisite for forward-thinking businesses. The catastrophic disruption of the global…
Are Data Lakehouses Secure and the Best of Both Worlds?
As we enter a new cloud-first era, advancements in technology have helped companies capture and capitalize on data as much as possible.…
Knowing What Lies Beneath
The Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. Four days later on April 14th, the ship collides with a submerged iceberg and…
Columns
Data’s Gender Gap: A Data Equity Reading List
Over the course of this column, I’ve cited a wide variety of sources regarding gender, technology, data, and more. As everyone begins to…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Headless BI and the Metrics Layer
Occasionally, I pick up on trends in my peripheral vision. These are trends that aren’t in the center of my professional field of view, but…
Through the Looking Glass: Suspending Judgement on Synthetic Data
Synthetic Data is, according to Gartner and other industry oracles, “hot, hot, hot.” In fact, according to Gartner, “60 percent of the…
Data is Risky Business: The Importance of Fundamentals
In my September 2020 Data is Risky Business column for TDAN.com, I wrote about the strategy lessons for data that we can learn from the…
Blogs
Data Mining Use Cases
“Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine,” says Peter Sondergaard, former Global Head of…
Metadata is the Magic Behind Data Fabric
The main goal of creating an enterprise data fabric is not new. It is the ability to deliver the right data at the right time, in the…
There is Only One Data Governance
There is… but one… Data Governance. I know that some people will disagree with me. Maybe you are one who believes that there is…
The Road to Secure Self-Service Analytics
The road to creating business value through a well-oiled data management strategy can be long and challenging. A successful data management…
Features
Celebrating 25 Years of TDAN.com!
Twenty-five years ago today, I published the first issue of The Data Administration Newsletter. Websites were new creatures back then, and…
How to Select a Big Data Database
Choosing the right database for your business-related data could make or break how well you understand your customers and the larger…
The Cycle of Change
One very influential factor that can potentially undermine your data and document strategies is the natural and emotional reactions of…
How to Prevent Data Theft and Fraud
As a business, obtaining data is not the only crucial part of data collection; protecting such information is just as important. When your…
Why DBAs Must Automate to Survive
You might think the title of this article is somewhat controversial, but you should wait until you’ve read to the end to render…
Inmon Architecture Versus Kimball Architecture – Revisited
Introduction We are living in the age of a data revolution, and more corporations are realizing that to lead—or in some cases, to…
The Ultimate Work-From-Home Data Solution
Work-from-home arrangements are, without a doubt, one of the greatest upheavals businesses are facing within the past ten years. Companies…
Netflix has Innovated with Data
When Netflix unveiled its DVD-by-mail plan back in 1998, it seemed like a quirky aberration in an economic landscape thoroughly dominated…
Big Data Helps Build Better Governance
The use of data to make more informed decisions is nothing new to government agencies. For years, governments have utilized systems and…