Through the Looking Glass: Data Owners and Other Fallacies
I vividly remember reading this passage from Bob Seiner’s TDAN.com article “Things I Think I Think about Data Governance”, from…
Metadata Management News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Metadata Management education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Stages and Types of Data Models
Three different types of data models exist, each of which plays a distinct role in data modeling. They help an…
DAMA International Community Corner: May 2021 Announcements
Welcome to DAMA Corner, a source of information for data management professionals here on TDAN.com, the industry leading publication for people interested…
How Contextual Data is Driving the Future of Telehealth
The expansion of big data applications has created opportunities across economic sectors. In healthcare, however, the potential of big data…
All in the Data: Elements of a Data Strategy
I published an article a few months back that was titled Where Does Data Governance Fit in a Data Strategy…
Detecting Hidden Data Risks
Modern airplanes travel the world through all kinds of weather via the use of radar. Oxford Dictionary defines radar as…
Is Junk Metadata a Data Catalog Risk?
Many of us know what a hoarder is. There have been shows about individuals who fill their dwellings with what…
Metadata-Driven Data Warehouses are Ideal
A metadata-driven data warehouse (MDW) offers a modern approach that is designed to make EDW development much more simplified and faster. It makes use of metadata (data…
Practical Points from the DGPO: An Introduction to Information Risk Management
There is an ever-increasing awareness of concerns about data privacy, corporate data breaches, increasing demands for regulatory compliance. There are…
A Data Governance Self-Assessment Test
The purpose of this article is to provide a model to conduct a self-assessment of your organization’s data environment when…