Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: Feeling is Information
In this age of data being a precious and valuable resource, what data would you say is most important? Many…
Data Columns
Data Management 20/20: The Unacceptable Cost of Bad Data – Part 2
Financial Justification From the perspective of the business, sooner or later, costs should go down and revenues and profits should…
All in the Data: Elements of a Data Strategy
I published an article a few months back that was titled Where Does Data Governance Fit in a Data Strategy…
The Book Look: Quick Retrospect
Steve Hoberman has been a long-time contributor to The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com), including his The Book Look column since…
Practical Points from the DGPO: An Introduction to Information Risk Management
There is an ever-increasing awareness of concerns about data privacy, corporate data breaches, increasing demands for regulatory compliance. There are…
Data Professional Introspective: What Good Data Looks Like – Part 2
This column is next in the series of how organizations achieve and sustain significant improvements in fundamental data management disciplines…
Data is Risky Business: The Next Normal
Taking Stock A year ago, organisations of all sizes around the world were catapulted into a cycle of digital and…
Data’s Gender Gap: Gender and Infrastructure
Perhaps the most commonly shared and immediately visible example of gender inequity in public spaces is restroom lines. It seems…
Through the Looking Glass: Data Stewards in the Realm of Gondor
Welcome to “Through the Looking Glass,” my new column on TDAN.com. In this and future columns, I will look at…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Role of SemOps (Part 2)
In our previous installment of this two-part series we introduced a couple of ideas. First, data governance may be more…