Data Professional Introspective: The Final Retrospect
If you’ve been part of the data management and governance world for any amount of time, you’ve likely come across…
Data Columns
Crossing the Data Divide: Where Should Data Lineage Rank in a Data Leader’s Priorities?
I’ve been deeply involved in implementing data lineage using several technologies throughout my career, but things are different now. One…
The Data-Centric Revolution: ABox Versioning
Have you ever invented something, seemingly out of whole cloth, only to do a simple Google search to find out…
Legal Issues for Data Professionals: A New Data Licensing Model
Setting the Stage: Data as a Business Asset This column presents a new model for licensing and sharing data, one that…
Data Is Risky Business: Is Data Governance Failing? Or Are We Failing Data Governance?
In January, CDO Magazine carried an article by a consortium of authors including Dr. Tom Redman, John Ladley, Dr. Anne-Marie…
Through the Looking Glass: Technology Solutions in Search of a Problem
When I read about new technologies, I often think of the movie “Field of Dreams.” The protagonist builds a baseball…
The Art of Lean Governance: Moving Beyond Governance Buzzwords and Bling
This column will expand on a Systems Thinking approach to Data Governance and focus on process control. The vendors of…
Celebrating a Year of Excellence: EDM Council’s Data Excellence Program
The EDM Council’s Data Excellence Program has reached a significant milestone: its first anniversary. The program is proving to be…
Data Speaks for Itself: Data Quality Management in the Age of Language Models
Unsurprisingly, my last two columns discussed artificial intelligence (AI), specifically the impact of language models (LMs) on data curation. My…
A Step Ahead: IoT Computing – Where Computing Occurs
There is always the need for computing to be more available and distributed, especially given the data volume generated from…