erwin

JULY 22, 2020

Fostering organizational support for a data-driven culture might require a change in the organization’s culture. Recently, I co-hosted a webinar with our client E.ON , a global energy company that reinvented how it conducts business from branding to customer engagement – with data as the conduit. As an example, E.ON

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Data-driven Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Processing 136

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In todays economy, as the saying goes, data is the new gold a valuable asset from a financial standpoint. A similar transformation has occurred with data. More than 20 years ago, data within organizations was like scattered rocks on early Earth.

Management 111

Management Data Governance Data Science Reporting 111

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. Data governance has no standard definition.

Data Governance 122

Data Governance Digital Transformation Data-driven Cost-Benefit 122

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Still, CIOs have reason to drive AI capabilities and employee adoption, as only 16% of companies are reinvention ready with fully modernized data foundations and end-to-end platform integration to support automation across most business processes, according to Accenture. These reinvention-ready organizations have 2.5

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erwin

JULY 17, 2019

Having a clearly defined digital transformation strategy is an essential best practice for successful digital transformation. But what makes a viable digital transformation strategy? Constructing A Digital Transformation Strategy: Data Enablement. Probably not.

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erwin

JANUARY 17, 2020

What is Data Modeling? Data modeling is a process that enables organizations to discover, design, visualize, standardize and deploy high-quality data assets through an intuitive, graphical interface. Data models provide visualization, create additional metadata and standardize data design across the enterprise.

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erwin

JANUARY 3, 2020

Understanding the data governance trends for the year ahead will give business leaders and data professionals a competitive edge … Happy New Year! Regulatory compliance and data breaches have driven the data governance narrative during the past few years.

Data Governance 139

Data Governance Digital Transformation IoT Metadata 139

erwin

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

When you think of real-time, data-driven experiences and modern applications to accomplish tasks faster and easier, your local town or city government probably doesn’t come to mind. But municipal government is starting to embrace digital transformation and therefore data governance.

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

MARCH 20, 2023

We live in a data-rich, insights-rich, and content-rich world. Data collections are the ones and zeroes that encode the actionable insights (patterns, trends, relationships) that we seek to extract from our data through machine learning and data science. Plus, AI can also help find key insights encoded in data.

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erwin

AUGUST 28, 2020

Organizations with a solid understanding of data governance (DG) are better equipped to keep pace with the speed of modern business. In this post, the erwin Experts address: What Is Data Governance? Why Is Data Governance Important? What Is Good Data Governance? What Is Data Governance?

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AWS Big Data

JANUARY 15, 2025

For container terminal operators, data-driven decision-making and efficient data sharing are vital to optimizing operations and boosting supply chain efficiency. Together, these capabilities enable terminal operators to enhance efficiency and competitiveness in an industry that is increasingly data driven.

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erwin

OCTOBER 8, 2020

So if you’re going to move from your data from on-premise legacy data stores and warehouse systems to the cloud, you should do it right the first time. And as you make this transition, you need to understand what data you have, know where it is located, and govern it along the way. Then you must bulk load the legacy data.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

As someone deeply involved in shaping data strategy, governance and analytics for organizations, Im constantly working on everything from defining data vision to building high-performing data teams. My work centers around enabling businesses to leverage data for better decision-making and driving impactful change.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 28, 2025

As organizations work to embed AI into their operations, investment in the necessary infrastructure, platforms, and skills will be key to supporting this transformation. According to Jyoti, AI and machine learning are leading the way in sectors such as government, healthcare, and financial services.

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 10, 2023

My team and I are very proud of our transformation that started in 2019,” she says. When I joined, there was a lot of silo data everywhere throughout the organization, and everyone was doing their own reporting. In fact, the ROI was so high, we gained the trust of our executives to invest in a platform to begin centralizing data.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

And executives see a high potential in streamlining the sales funnel, real-time data analysis, personalized customer experience, employee onboarding, incident resolution, fraud detection, financial compliance, and supply chain optimization. Another area is democratizing data analysis and reporting.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

This first article emphasizes data as the ‘foundation-stone’ of AI-based initiatives. Establishing a Data Foundation. Software development, once solely the domain of human programmers, is now increasingly the by-product of data being carefully selected, ingested, and analysed by machine learning (ML) systems in a recurrent cycle.

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erwin

APRIL 2, 2021

Organizations are managing more data than ever. With more companies increasingly migrating their data to the cloud to ensure availability and scalability, the risks associated with data management and protection also are growing. Data Security Starts with Data Governance. Who is authorized to use it and how?

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Data Governance Cost-Benefit Metadata Risk 106

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2023

Digital transformation must be a core organizational competency. The impact of generative AIs, including ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs), will be a significant transformation driver heading into 2024. That’s my key advice to CIOs and IT leaders.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 14, 2025

Do we have the data, talent, and governance in place to succeed beyond the sandbox? These, of course, tend to be in a sandbox environment with curated data and a crackerjack team. They need to have the data, talent, and governance in place to scale AI across the organization, he says.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The rate at which organizations have adopted data-driven strategies means there are a wealth of digital transformation examples for organizations to draw from. ROI doesn’t meet expectations, the customer experience isn’t quite right , and data gets exposed or mishandled.

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erwin

DECEMBER 13, 2018

This past year witnessed a data governance awakening – or as the Wall Street Journal called it, a “global data governance reckoning.” There was tremendous data drama and resulting trauma – from Facebook to Equifax and from Yahoo to Marriott. So what’s on the horizon for data governance in the year ahead?

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Cloudera

MARCH 3, 2022

Whether the enterprise uses dozens or hundreds of data sources for multi-function analytics, all organizations can run into data governance issues. Bad data governance practices lead to data breaches, lawsuits, and regulatory fines — and no enterprise is immune. . Everyone Fails Data Governance.

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Timo Elliott

MAY 19, 2023

Mastering Data Hygiene Reliable data is at the core of all digital transformation. You can see their full entryv” Enabling a Data-Driven Culture by Integrating SAP Solutions with SAP Business Technology Platform ” on the awards site. It’s always about people!

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erwin

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Data has been the driving force of the decade. Digital pioneers like Amazon, Netflix and Uber account for some of the most extreme market disruption their respective industries have faced. Many organizations have tried and failed to become truly “data-driven,” and many organizations will continue to do so.

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Cloudera

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In the mean-time, digital transformation has been accelerating both as a means to respond to the pandemic, and as a mechanism to drive costs down further, allowing for margin growth. In addition to that, the march of network virtualisation combined with the cloudification of IT have driven further changes in operations.

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AWS Big Data

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, enterprises across regulated industries face a critical challenge as they navigate their digital transformation journeys: effectively managing and governing data from legacy systems that are being phased out or replaced.

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Data Governance Enterprise Management Data Lake 115

Jen Stirrup

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Why do organizations get stuck with their data? Often, this problem can be due to the organization concentrating solely on technology and data. However, organizations can be supported by a synergistic approach by integrating systems thinking with the data strategy and technical perspective. It is such a fundamental question.

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erwin

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Much like the hospitality industry , digital transformation in retail has been a huge driver of change. ” This is arguably the result of the degree of digital transformation in retail that we’ve seen in recent years. But digital transformation in retail has seen the map change.

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Digital Transformation Data Governance Risk Sales 69

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

As regulatory scrutiny, investor expectations, and consumer demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) accountability intensify, organizations must leverage data to drive their sustainability initiatives. However, embedding ESG into an enterprise data strategy doesnt have to start as a C-suite directive.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

With the increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the accelerated pace of digital transformation, organizations must be more proactive in identifying and mitigating risks. CIOs must tie resilience investments to tangible outcomes like data protection, regulatory compliance, and AI readiness.

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Cloudera

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Ask a CIO where their focus lies and ‘digital transformation’ as well as ‘growth’ will come into the conversation quite quickly. Both rely virtually entirely on the enterprise leveraging of data. Governing digital transformation.

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Digital Transformation Data Governance Data Science Data Warehouse 57

erwin

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

In the era of data-driven business, such perspective is critical. EA also enables a better understanding of change, or impact analysis – which is essential considering the agile, data-driven landscape and its state of flux. Collaborate with all stakeholders on innovation and transformation initiatives.

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erwin

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Not Documenting End-to-End Data Lineage Is Risky Busines – Understanding your data’s origins is key to successful data governance. Not everyone understands what end-to-end data lineage is or why it is important. Data Lineage Tells an Important Origin Story. Who are the data owners?

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Timo Elliott

DECEMBER 10, 2024

One of the sessions I sat in at UKISUG Connect 2024 covered a real-world example of data management using a solution from Bluestonex Consulting , based on the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). Impact of Errors : Erroneous data posed immediate risks to operations and long-term damage to customer trust.

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Management Data Governance Consulting Risk 52

datapine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

“Software as a service” (SaaS) is becoming an increasingly viable choice for organizations looking for the accessibility and versatility of software solutions and online data analysis tools without the need to rely on installing and running applications on their own computer systems and data centers. How will AI improve SaaS in 2020?

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