Data Distancing – What and Why?
Desperate situations call for desperate measures. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lifestyle. If you switch on the television, chances…
Data Articles
The Mainframe is a Modern Platform
Mainframes continue to excel at traditional tasks such as high-speed transaction processing and running large batch workloads. Mainframes also can…
Relationships Are Not Verbs–Part One
In conceptual (“ontological”) data modeling, relationships describe the structure of the connections between pairs of entity types. It is therefore…
How to Convince Stakeholders That Data Governance is Necessary
You may already have a formal Data Governance program in place. Then again, perhaps you don’t. Or … you are…
Using Data Privacy to Scale Up Your Governance Strategy
It’s a data-driven and digital world out there! Information is one of the most important strategic assets of an organization.…
Don’t Buy Data – Invest In It
There are some expressions about data that are getting a bit tired: “Data is the new oil,” “In God We…
Data Warehouse Teams Adapt to Be Data Driven
When companies embark on a journey of becoming data-driven, usually, this goes hand in and with using new technologies and…
Information Governance, IT Governance, Data Governance – What’s the Difference?
There has been a great deal of confusion around the term information governance (IG), and how it is distinct from…
Towards Data Governance’s 4th Era – Part III – Providing the Structure for Invention
As I begin this article, it strikes me that the entire world is focusing on data, the data about COVID-19.…
Data Culture Issues and How to Fix Them
If your organization uses data—and even if it doesn’t—you have a data culture. Think about the ways that you and…