Knowing What Lies Beneath
The Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. Four days later on April 14th, the ship…
Data Education
Data is Risky Business: The Importance of Fundamentals
In my September 2020 Data is Risky Business column for TDAN.com, I wrote about the strategy lessons for data that we…
There is Only One Data Governance
There is… but one… Data Governance. I know that some people will disagree with me. Maybe you are one who…
A Complete Guide to Data Access Governance
Imagine a coworker logs onto the company’s HR portal to see his benefits and can see your salary!! What? Don’t…
Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: All Data is Suffering (Part 1)
Our reactions to the data we receive can cause a great deal of suffering. For example, there was a hospital…
The Never-Ending To-Do List of the DBA
If you are currently a DBA, I bet you can relate to the title of this article. Doesn’t it seem…
Data Speaks for Itself: Data Speaks as Product
One of the greatest contributions to the understanding of data quality and data quality management happened in the 1980s when…
How to Prevent Data Theft and Fraud
As a business, obtaining data is not the only crucial part of data collection; protecting such information is just as…
What I Learned from Executing Data Quality Projects
Getting to great data quality need not be a blood sport! But there must be a method to the madness,…
The Road to Secure Self-Service Analytics
The road to creating business value through a well-oiled data management strategy can be long and challenging. A successful data…