Today’s Lens of Information Governance (IG)
COVID-19 changed how organizations interact with their workforce and customers. It also extended the reach and tested the boundaries of…
Data Management News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Management education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
The Business Case for a Common Language – Not “If,” but “What and When?”
Weinberg’s Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.[1] Introduction…
Building Trust with Centralized Data Access
In a traditional business model, core business assets included property, equipment, inventory, and cash. The tangible things we understand as…
Make An Impact: Why “I Didn’t Have Time” is Always a Lie
I got yelled at this month. Well, sternly-worded texts, anyway – it’s the 2020 version of being yelled at. As…
Common Data Management Mistakes to Avoid
It’s reasonable today to say that a business doesn’t have much of a chance at success without a strong data…
A Corporate Glossary Case Study
There have been several events that have transpired in my current place of business which have created the need for…
Expanding Role of Data Governance, Metadata Management, and Data Quality
Ensuring data quality is an important aspect of data management and these days, DBAs are increasingly being called upon to…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Role of SemOps (Part 1)
We’ve been working on something we call “SemOps” (like DevOps but for Semantic Technology + IT Operations). The basic idea…
Data is Risky Business: The Importance of Fundamentals
In my last column for TDAN.com, I wrote about the strategy lessons for data that we can learn from the…
The Role of Data in Politics
One of the rules in political science is to not let data drive your theories. In other words, one should…