The Current Explosion of Data Catalogs
About 540 million years ago most of the animal body plans we see today suddenly appeared in a “relatively brief”…
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Partly Cloudy with a Scattered IT Environment
How many times, when you were a kid, did a thunderstorm cause an immediate mix of emotions: the fear of…
Data Professional Introspective: Enterprise Data & EDM Strategy Pt 1
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the goals and objectives of an Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Program and…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Three Key Aspects of Data Governance
In October 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced a $400 million civil monetary penalty against…
All in the Data: Never a “Right” Time for Data
Several years ago, I wrote an article called the Data Governance Bill of “Rights.” I also speak often about my…
Automating Metadata Management Through Data Catalogs
Cataloging items has been a process used since the early 1900s to manage large inventories, whether it be books or…
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…
Where Does Data Governance Fit into a Data Strategy (and other important questions)?
This series of question and answers were prepared for a meeting with a client’s Corporate Communications Specialist. The purpose of…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: In Defense of the Data Catalog
In the September issue of TDAN.com, Anthony Algmin denounced Data Catalogs as a “1980’s solution to a 2020’s problem.” Wow!…