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 Columns
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…
DAMA International Community Corner: Announcements & New Chapters
Welcome to DAMA Corner, a source of information for data management professionals here in TDAN.com, an industry-leading publication for people interested in…
Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: STOP !!! The Crucial Step In Data
It is a pleasure and an honor to begin this column on Zen and data in TDAN.com. What does Zen…
Data Management 20/20: Connecting the Data
Data collection is getting more dispersed and voluminous every day. Corporate entities are constantly merging or splitting, and new lines…
All in the Data: CDOs Should Be Asking “How” … and Not “Why”
The secret lies with Data Governance. The Chief Data Officer (or whoever the Data Czar is at your organization) needs…
Data Professional Introspective: Data Architecture and the Role of Business
The phrase “data architecture” often has different connotations across an organization depending on where their job role is. For instance,…
The Book Look: Navigating the Labyrinth – Exec Guide to Data Management
The Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK2) is the most comprehensive and objective book on data management. Comparable to what…