Data Dictionary vs. Business Glossary
Enterprises today are focused on ensuring robust data governance, and are exploring different tools and approaches to support their efforts.…
Data Management News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Management education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
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…
Practical Points from the DGPO: What Data Governance Is and Is Not
If you are just starting out and feel overwhelmed by all the various definitions, explanations, and interpretations of data governance,…
Your Metadata Will Not Govern Itself
Metadata Governance is easiest to understand when you separate the term into its two parts – Metadata and Data Governance.…
Data is Risky Business: Call for Compulsory Ethics
In our book, Ethical Data and Information Management, Katherine O’Keefe and I look at the relationship between the Ethic of Society, which today finds expression…
All in the Data: Negative Attitudes and the Four Horsemen of the Data Apocalypse
From time to time, TDAN.com polishes off oldie but goodie content. A regular columnist required time to address personal issues,…
Trends in Data Management and Analytics
Various databases, plus one or more data warehouses, have been the state-of-the art data management infrastructure in companies for years.…
What You Should Know about CRM Testing
Predicted to grow to a stunning $29 billion by 2022 at a 1.9% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR), the CRM…
Tips to Create Effective Data Quality Rules
You know you can rule the quality of your data. So why don’t you? Read on to learn simple but…
A Predictor of Data Governance Success
Getting business and leadership support for data governance programs – and building a data culture on that buy-in – remains…