erwin

APRIL 16, 2021

Data governance is best defined as the strategic, ongoing and collaborative processes involved in managing data’s access, availability, usability, quality and security in line with established internal policies and relevant data regulations. Data Governance Is Business Transformation. Predictability.

Data Governance 128

Data Governance Metadata Cost-Benefit Data-driven 128

erwin

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

When an organization’s data governance and metadata management programs work in harmony, then everything is easier. Data governance is a complex but critical practice. Data Governance Attitudes Are Shifting. Data Governance Attitudes Are Shifting.

Metadata 135

Metadata Data Governance Management Cost-Benefit 135

erwin

MARCH 4, 2021

Modern data governance is a strategic, ongoing and collaborative practice that enables organizations to discover and track their data, understand what it means within a business context, and maximize its security, quality and value. The What: Data Governance Defined. The Why: Data Governance Drivers.

Data Governance 122

Data Governance Digital Transformation Data-driven Cost-Benefit 122

erwin

MARCH 25, 2021

erwin recently hosted the second in its six-part webinar series on the practice of data governance and how to proactively deal with its complexities. Led by Frank Pörschmann of iDIGMA GmbH, an IT industry veteran and data governance strategist, the second webinar focused on “ The Value of Data Governance & How to Quantify It.”.

Data Governance 109

Data Governance Cost-Benefit IT Risk 109

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 15, 2025

Data landscape in EUROGATE and current challenges faced in data governance The EUROGATE Group is a conglomerate of container terminals and service providers, providing container handling, intermodal transports, maintenance and repair, and seaworthy packaging services. Eliminate centralized bottlenecks and complex data pipelines.

IoT 100

IoT Machine Learning Metadata Data-driven 100

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

Preparing for an artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled future, one where we can enjoy the clear benefits the technology brings while also the mitigating risks, requires more than one article. This first article emphasizes data as the ‘foundation-stone’ of AI-based initiatives. Addressing the Challenge.

Data Governance 145

Data Governance IT Data Lake Risk 145

erwin

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Data governance isn’t a one-off project with a defined endpoint. Data governance, today, comes back to the ability to understand critical enterprise data within a business context, track its physical existence and lineage, and maximize its value while ensuring quality and security. Slow Down, Ask Questions.

Data Governance 108

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Enterprise Modeling 108

AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

With the dbt adapter for Athena adapter now supported in dbt Cloud, you can seamlessly integrate your AWS data architecture with dbt Cloud, taking advantage of the scalability and performance of Athena to simplify and scale your data workflows efficiently.

Data Lake 83

Data Lake Data Warehouse Cost-Benefit Data Transformation 83

AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Inspired by these global trends and driven by its own unique challenges, ANZ’s Institutional Division decided to pivot from viewing data as a byproduct of projects to treating it as a valuable product in its own right. This principle makes sure data accountability remains close to the source, fostering higher data quality and relevance.

Metadata 93

Metadata Data Governance Data Quality Data-driven 93

erwin

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

As organizations deal with managing ever more data, the need to automate data management becomes clear. Last week erwin issued its 2020 State of Data Governance and Automation (DGA) Report. One piece of the research that stuck with me is that 70% of respondents spend 10 or more hours per week on data-related activities.

Management 144

Management Data Governance Cost-Benefit Metadata 144

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2025

When organizations build and follow governance policies, they can deliver great benefits including faster time to value and better business outcomes, risk reduction, guidance and direction, as well as building and fostering trust. Governance is also seen as a roadblock to the agility needed to quickly deploy into production.

Testing 93

Testing Metrics Cost-Benefit Modeling 93

IBM Big Data Hub

MAY 9, 2024

The healthcare industry faces arguably the highest stakes when it comes to data governance. For starters, healthcare organizations constantly encounter vast (and ever-increasing) amounts of highly regulated personal data. healthcare, managing the accuracy, quality and integrity of data is the focus of data governance.

Data Governance 66

Data Governance Data Quality Insurance Predictive Analytics 66

Jim Harris

JANUARY 1, 2016

1 — Investigate Data quality is not exactly a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. However, understanding your data is essential to using it effectively and improving its quality. In order for you to make sense of those data elements, you require business context.

Data Quality 61

Data Quality Data Governance Cost-Benefit ROI 61

datapine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

2) BI Strategy Benefits. Over the past 5 years, big data and BI became more than just data science buzzwords. In response to this increasing need for data analytics, business intelligence software has flooded the market. The costs of not implementing it are more damaging, especially in the long term.

Business Intelligence 218

Business Intelligence Strategy Cost-Benefit Dashboards 218

erwin

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Replace manual and recurring tasks for fast, reliable data lineage and overall data governance. It’s paramount that organizations understand the benefits of automating end-to-end data lineage. The importance of end-to-end data lineage is widely understood and ignoring it is risky business.

Cost-Benefit 143

Cost-Benefit Data Governance Metadata Reporting 143

IBM Big Data Hub

JULY 13, 2023

When we talk about data integrity, we’re referring to the overarching completeness, accuracy, consistency, accessibility, and security of an organization’s data. Together, these factors determine the reliability of the organization’s data. Data quality Data quality is essentially the measure of data integrity.

Data Quality 63

Data Quality Data Integration Metadata Cost-Benefit 63

IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In our last blog , we delved into the seven most prevalent data challenges that can be addressed with effective data governance. Today we will share our approach to developing a data governance program to drive data transformation and fuel a data-driven culture.

Data Governance 76

Data Governance Business Objectives Data Quality Measurement 76

erwin

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A strong data management strategy and supporting technology enables the data quality the business requires, including data cataloging (integration of data sets from various sources), mapping, versioning, business rules and glossaries maintenance and metadata management (associations and lineage).

Metadata 110

Metadata Management Data Quality Cost-Benefit 110

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Data management, when done poorly, results in both diminished returns and extra costs. Hallucinations, for example, which are caused by bad data, take a lot of extra time and money to fix — and they turn users off from the tools. Having automated and scalable data checks is key.”

Management 141

Management Data Governance Cost-Benefit Structured Data 141

Timo Elliott

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The session by Liz Cotter , Data Manager for Water Wipes, and Richard Henry , Commercial Director of BluestoneX Consulting, was called From Challenges to Triumph: WaterWipes’ Data Management Revolution with Maextro. Rapid Deployment with Bluestonex The partnership with Bluestonex proved pivotal in driving WaterWipes success.

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Management Data Governance Consulting Risk 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2023

Poor data quality is one of the top barriers faced by organizations aspiring to be more data-driven. Ill-timed business decisions and misinformed business processes, missed revenue opportunities, failed business initiatives and complex data systems can all stem from data quality issues.

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Data Quality Strategy Data Lake 52

Alation

JANUARY 27, 2022

People might not understand the data, the data they chose might not be ideal for their application, or there might be better, more current, or more accurate data available. An effective data governance program ensures data consistency and trustworthiness. It can also help prevent data misuse.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Analytics Cost-Benefit Data-driven 52

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Developer, Professional Certification Mastering Data Management and Technology SAP Certified Application Associate – SAP Master Data Governance The Art of Service Master Data Management Certification The Art of Service Master Data Management Complete Certification Kit validates the candidate’s knowledge of specific methods, models, and tools in MDM.

Management 116

Management Data Governance Cost-Benefit Testing 116

Alation

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This past week, I had the pleasure of hosting Data Governance for Dummies author Jonathan Reichental for a fireside chat , along with Denise Swanson , Data Governance lead at Alation. Can you have proper data management without establishing a formal data governance program?

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data Quality Metadata Cost-Benefit 52

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 24, 2024

Using unstructured data for actionable insights will be a crucial task for IT leaders looking to drive innovation and create additional business value.” One of the keys to benefiting from unstructured data is to define clear objectives, Miller says. What are the goals for leveraging unstructured data?”

Data Strategy 136

Data Strategy Strategy Unstructured Data Data Governance 136

Alation

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And a data breach poses more than just a PR risk — by violating regulations like GDPR , a data leak can impact your bottom line, too. This is where successful data governance programs can act as a savior to many organizations. This begs the question: What makes data governance successful? Where do you start?

Data Governance 52

Data Governance ROI Metrics Cost-Benefit 52

Alation

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

What Is Data Governance In The Public Sector? Effective data governance for the public sector enables entities to ensure data quality, enhance security, protect privacy, and meet compliance requirements. With so much focus on compliance, democratizing data for self-service analytics can present a challenge.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Metadata Data-driven Unstructured Data 52

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Moreover, undertaking digital transformation and technology modernization programs without an architect can lead to delays, technical debt , higher costs, and security vulnerabilities. Product managers then propose digital KPIs and other metrics highlighting the business benefits delivered.

Enterprise 145

Enterprise Digital Transformation Cost-Benefit Risk 145

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For any health insurance company, preventive care management is critical to keeping costs low. The key to keeping costs low is that the number of claims must be low. So how much preventive care can you adopt to take care of your members to keep claims low and to keep costs low? But the biggest point is data governance.

Management 111

Management Insurance ROI Cost-Benefit 111

Alation

JULY 15, 2022

And, while change at large organisations is tough, data leaders would be wise to reframe such transformations as business opportunities rather than burdens. Organisations who do assess can gain additional benefits from the work that’s already done. Data Value. The business opportunity: Data governance exposes inefficiency.

Cost-Benefit 89

Cost-Benefit Data Governance ROI Risk 89

Alation

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This is mostly due to cost-saving and data sharing benefits. As IT leaders oversee migration, it’s critical they do not overlook data governance. Data governance is essential because it ensures people can access useful, high-quality data. 9 Key Principles of Cloud Data Governance.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data Quality Metrics Metadata 52

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 20, 2023

“All of a sudden, you’re trying to give this data to somebody who’s not a data person,” he says, “and it’s really easy for them to draw erroneous or misleading insights from that data.” As more companies use the cloud and cloud-native development, normalizing data has become more complicated.

Data Lake 135

Data Lake Data-driven Finance Data Architecture 135

Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 21, 2022

This market is growing as more businesses discover the benefits of investing in big data to grow their businesses. One of the biggest issues pertains to data quality. Even the most sophisticated big data tools can’t make up for this problem. Data cleansing and its purpose.

Business Analytics 130

Business Analytics Analytics Data Quality Big Data 130

erwin

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Metadata is an important part of data governance, and as a result, most nascent data governance programs are rife with project plans for assessing and documenting metadata. But in many scenarios, it seems that the underlying driver of metadata collection projects is that it’s just something you do for data governance.

Metadata 84

Metadata Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Quality 84

erwin

MAY 6, 2020

Organizations that have their data management, data governance and data intelligence houses in order are much better positioned to respond to these challenges and thrive in whatever their new normal turns out to be. Strong data management practices can have: Financial impact (revenue, cash flow, cost structures, etc.).

Cost-Benefit 94

Cost-Benefit Uncertainty Data Governance Data-driven 94

erwin

JULY 17, 2019

It gives them the ability to identify what challenges and opportunities exist, and provides a low-cost, low-risk environment to model new options and collaborate with key stakeholders to figure out what needs to change, what shouldn’t change, and what’s the most important changes are. With automation, data quality is systemically assured.

Digital Transformation 98

Digital Transformation Strategy Metadata Data-driven 98

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 15, 2024

If we understand the volume of patients in the hospital and the level of care they need, and can predict future staffing needs, we provide better care for less cost. So if we can see the data behind low appointment times, we can create incentive programs to book those slow times. We’re using data to reduce that wait time.

Cost-Benefit 98

Cost-Benefit Data Governance Data Architecture Reporting 98