DAMA International Community Corner July 2016: Moving DAMA Forward
EDW2016 was a wonderful celebration for DAMA as we began delivering on some key projects to make DAMA even more…
Business Intelligence News, Articles, & Education
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Ethics, Shmethics
Ethics is the new black in Information Management. If you don’t believe me, consider the rise of the debate on…
Data Visualization from the Other Side
Data visualization is an important part of analytics. Analytics effectiveness and impact depends on visualization skills of two kinds: the…
From the Publisher – Happy 1st Anniversary & Questionnaire
With the July 2016 issue of TDAN.com, we celebrate our first year with the new format and new relationships. More…
Metadata is Not a Technical Term Anymore
Abstract In the pursuit of guiding practitioners in solving problems like: How do I understand better my information? The outlined…
It’s all in the Data: Everybody is a Data Steward (Get Over It)
A Data Steward is someone that has formal accountability for data in the organization. I say that everybody in the…
The Book Look: Data Lake Architecture
I consider Bill Inmon a seer. He predicted (and also shaped) the popularity of the data warehouse in the 1990s.…
Career Roadmapping
In following up on Dave Wells’ recent piece titled The Evolution (and Opportunity) of IT Careers, Jennifer takes a different…
Mitigate Information Related Risks with Metadata
Metadata is a much abused term that has entered mainstream vocabulary in recent years through the revelations about mass surveillance by…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Building the Data Governance Business Case
I recently spoke at a user conference on the topic of building a business case to get your Data Governance…