Tales & Tips from the Trenches: How to Choose the Right Graph Database
Often, we continuously struggle to identify the right tool for the right requirement, especially after mastering graph database terminology and…
Data Columns
All in the Data: Calm Management’s Fears About Data Governance
Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply put structure around how your organization governs your data without throwing a…
Data Professional Introspective: Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail
This phrase has been attributed to several people including: Ben Franklin, Winston Churchill, and Abraham Lincoln. Despite whoever said it…
The Book Look: The Elephant in the Fridge
Guided Steps to Data Vault Success through Building Business-Centered Models John Giles wrote The Nimble Elephant a number of years…
Practical Points from the DGPO: You Can Be Successful in Data Governance
Aren’t you tired of seeing articles, blogs, and postings about struggling and failing data governance programs? One of the frequent…
Make an Impact: Find the Angry People
I love angry people. Whenever I’m invited to a new organization to help with data challenges, I look for them.…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Data Governance May Require a Village
Is your organization struggling to succeed with your Data Governance program? Is adoption by the business an issue for you?…
Data is Risky Business: The Ethics Revolution in Information
This past month, San Francisco’s City Council voted to ban the use of facial recognition technologies. Internationally, and perhaps a…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Lawyers, Guns and Money
My book “The Data-Centric Revolution” will be out this summer. I will also be presenting at Dataversity’s Data Architecture Summit…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Help the Fed Use Data as an Asset
The President’s Management Agenda (PMA) lays out a long-term vision for modernizing the Federal Government. Cross-Agency Priority (CAP) Goal #2…