A Step Ahead: Categories – Boon or Bane?
Do you love or hate organizing papers and objects in your home? For those that hate it, why do you…
Data Columns
Crossing the Data Divide: Framework for Selling Data Initiatives
Deja Vu All Over Again Something interesting has been happening to me over the last few months that I’ve not…
The Book Look: Data Strategies for Data Governance
What makes a data book great? Our time is valuable, so a good data book should be concise and practical.…
All in the Data: The TDAN.com Tradition
I have published The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) for a large portion of my professional life. Actually … a large…
Data Professional Introspective: Accelerating Enterprise Data Quality
My recent columns have focused on actionable initiatives that can both deliver business value, providing a tangible achievement, and raise…
Legal Issues for Data Professionals
The catapulting of data to become a new class of business assets and the rapid evolution of generative and non-generative…
Through the Looking Glass: Data Provenance in the Age of Generative AI
Am I right that you can’t open LinkedIn, read a tech or business blog, or attend a conference for more…
Data is Risky Business: A Wicked Problem This Way Comes
A recent data security incident in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) got me thinking about the idea of…
The Data-Centric Revolution: “RDF Is Too Hard”
We hear this a lot. We hear it from very smart people. Just the other day we heard someone say…
Eyes on Data: Importance of Data Governance When Implementing AI/ML
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Large Language Models (LLM) have turned the world on its head. From finance…