It’s All in the Data: It was 20 Years Ago Today
This online publication, The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com), will celebrate its twentieth anniversary in the coming months of 2017. Twenty…
Data Management News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Management education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
How to Conduct a Thorough Data Governance Best Practice Assessment
Web-sites like Mapquest.com can only map out directions if you tell it where you are heading; thus following a Stephen…
Appreciating Metadata Through Music
Metadata is one of the more important aspects of data management, yet many data professionals do not understand or simply…
Data Professional Introspective: Tulip Fields and How to Tend Them
Since it’s spring, let’s imagine that we’re visiting the Netherlands and are gazing in delight at the stunning beauty of…
Characteristics of Governing Data
Data Governance means different things to different people. There are several definitions floating around the industry. Sometimes organizations use the…
Privacy and Internet of Things (IoT)
What is Internet of Things (IoT)? The term “Internet of Things” may be considered a misnomer. The “Internet” with a…
Security as a Foundation for CS Ed
Recently I had the opportunity to go to a job interview session for a lecturing position in my university’s computer…
Bob Seiner’s Non-Invasive Data Governance Online Training™ Now Available
Non-Invasive Data Governance Learning Plan From Robert S. Seiner of TDAN.com & KIK Consulting 7 Online Courses Use Code “TDAN”…
Defining Data Governance Core Principles
Several years ago Bob Seiner worked on a set of core principles associated with Data Governance with a client in…
Can You Federate Data Governance?
Organizations struggle with how to determine the appropriate level of authority to give to the people that run their data…