Octopai

JUNE 26, 2020

Steve, the Head of Business Intelligence at a leading insurance company, pushed back in his office chair and stood up, waving his fists at the screen. We’re dealing with data day in and day out, but if isn’t accurate then it’s all for nothing!” Enterprise data governance. Metadata in data governance.

Metadata 98

Metadata Data Governance Enterprise Reporting 98

Alation

JUNE 17, 2021

We’re so proud to join this growing community of leaders in data, where we plan to deliver more value to our joint customers for years to come. Leading companies like Cisco, Nielsen, and Finnair turn to Alation + Snowflake for data governance and analytics. Joint Success with Texas Mutual Insurance.

Data Governance 98

Data Governance Data Lake Insurance Enterprise 98

AWS Big Data

AUGUST 13, 2024

Amazon DataZone has announced a set of new data governance capabilities—domain units and authorization policies—that enable you to create business unit-level or team-level organization and manage policies according to your business needs.

Data Governance 110

Data Governance Metadata Enterprise Sales 110

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.

Data Governance 100

Data Governance Enterprise Data Quality Metadata 100

Alation

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The foundation of insurance is data and analytics. Actuaries and their mathematical models enable insurers to calculate risk to determine premiums. Today, the rise of digital insurance companies and the changing risk landscape together drive the industry’s digital transformation. Why is it Important?

Insurance 52

Insurance Data Governance Risk Strategy 52

Cloudera

JUNE 14, 2024

At a time when artificial intelligence (AI) and tools like generative AI (GenAI) and large language models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity, getting the most out of organizational data is critical to driving business value and carving out a competitive market advantage. The need for effective data governance itself is not a new phenomenon.

Data Governance 74

Data Governance Data-driven Insurance Enterprise 74

erwin

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Organization’s cannot hope to make the most out of a data-driven strategy, without at least some degree of metadata-driven automation. The volume and variety of data has snowballed, and so has its velocity. So it’s safe to say that organizations can’t reap the rewards of their data without automation.

Metadata 96

Metadata Insurance Data-driven Cost-Benefit 96

erwin

APRIL 11, 2019

Keeping up with new data protection regulations can be difficult, and the latest – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – isn’t the only new data protection regulation organizations should be aware of. A number of high-profile data breaches and scandals have increased public awareness of the issue.

Insurance 100

Insurance Data-driven Data Governance Metadata 100

Alation

MAY 31, 2023

The Data Governance & Information Quality Conference (DGIQ) is happening soon — and we’ll be onsite in San Diego from June 5-9. Four fantastic Alation customers will be joining us to share their stories: Electronic Arts (EA), Thermo Fisher Scientific, Lincoln Financial Group, and American Family Insurance (AmFam).

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Insurance Metadata Data-driven 52

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 31, 2022

The chief data officer (CDO) is a senior executive responsible for the utilization and governance of data across the organization. While the chief data officer title is often shortened to CDO, the role should not be confused with that of the chief digital officer , which is also frequently referred to as CDO.

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Consulting Data Strategy Strategy Data Governance 134

Alation

JUNE 14, 2022

For the second year in a row, Snowflake has named Alation its Data Governance Partner of the Year. This back-to-back recognition is testament to Alation’s essential role within the Snowflake partner ecosystem at the intersection of data cloud migration , active data governance , and self-service.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Insurance Data-driven Digital Transformation 52

AWS Big Data

JUNE 25, 2024

This post is co-authored by Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Director of Product, Salesforce Data Cloud. In today’s data-driven business landscape, organizations collect a wealth of data across various touch points and unify it in a central data warehouse or a data lake to deliver business insights.

Data Lake 112

Data Lake Cost-Benefit Data-driven Data Warehouse 112

erwin

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Metadata management is key to wringing all the value possible from data assets. However, most organizations don’t use all the data at their disposal to reach deeper conclusions about how to drive revenue, achieve regulatory compliance or accomplish other strategic objectives. Quite simply, metadata is data about data.

Metadata 110

Metadata Management Data Quality Cost-Benefit 110

Alation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In the previous blog , we discussed how Alation provides a platform for data scientists and analysts to complete projects and analysis at speed. In this blog we will discuss how Alation helps minimize risk with active data governance. But governance is a time-consuming process (for users and data stewards alike).

Data Governance 59

Data Governance Risk Data Quality Dashboards 59

Alation

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Healthcare is changing, and it all comes down to data. Data & analytics represents a major opportunity to tackle these challenges. Indeed, many healthcare organizations today are embracing digital transformation and using data to enhance operations. In other words, they use data to heal more people and save more lives.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Measurement Data Quality Metrics 52

erwin

MARCH 14, 2019

The need for data mapping tools in light of increasing volumes and varieties of data – as well as the velocity at which it must be processed – is growing. Data mapping tools have always been a key asset for any organization looking to leverage data for insights. Isolated units of data are essentially meaningless.

Metadata 81

Metadata Data Governance Data-driven Digital Transformation 81

erwin

APRIL 18, 2019

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) compliance shares many of the same requirements in the European Unions’ General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Data governance , thankfully, provides a framework for compliance with either or both – in addition to other regulatory mandates your organization may be subject to.

Data Governance 81

Data Governance Metadata Data Collection Data-driven 81

AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In today’s data-driven world , organizations are constantly seeking efficient ways to process and analyze vast amounts of information across data lakes and warehouses. SageMaker Lakehouse gives you the flexibility to access and query your data in-place with all Apache Iceberg compatible tools and engines.

Data Lake 107

Data Lake Metadata Insurance Data-driven 107

erwin

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Data governance tools used to occupy a niche in an organization’s tech stack, but those days are gone. The rise of data-driven business and the complexities that come with it ushered in a soft mandate for data governance and data governance tools.

Data Governance 40

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Data-driven Metadata 40

Alation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Data: Fertilizer for Innovation. Data helps with both of these challenges. Data helps with both of these challenges. Data is the mechanism for resolving questions. In a data-driven organization, ideas and solutions can come from anywhere. The Role of the Chief Data Officer (CDO).

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Data-driven Internet of Things Data Lake Strategy 52

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Can you deliver meaningful results on a data project within one or two quarters? That’s a requirement for nearly any initiative undertaken by Petco Chief Data and Analytics Officer Rakesh Srinivasan, who invests the talent and resources to achieve results quickly.

Advertising 98

Advertising Data Governance Insurance Strategy 98

Cloudera

MARCH 25, 2021

Data privacy is an increasingly complex and contentious topic. The appropriate use of data and transparency to the potential uses of the data are at the center of debate amongst the largest Big Tech companies. . It won’t matter if you can collect social media data or geo location data, images, etc.

Data Strategy 65

Data Strategy Strategy Enterprise Insurance 65

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 8, 2024

Gain stronger control over data Jae Evans, global CIO and executive vice president at Oracle, is planning to prioritize data control in 2024, and CIOs across industries would be wise to follow suit. “As As a large enterprise, we have vast amounts of data from disparate sources,” she says.

Cost-Benefit 142

Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Optimization Measurement 142

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In today’s digital age where data stands as a prized asset, generative AI serves as the transformative tool to mine its potential. Businesses globally recognize the power of generative AI and are eager to harness data and AI for unmatched growth, sustainable operations, streamlining and pioneering innovation.

Insurance 77

Insurance Data Warehouse Data-driven Unstructured Data 77

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 30, 2023

Many customers need an ACID transaction (atomic, consistent, isolated, durable) data lake that can log change data capture (CDC) from operational data sources. There is also demand for merging real-time data into batch data. The Delta Lake layer ensures ACID compliance of the source data.

Insurance 87

Insurance Data Lake Data-driven Management 87

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 1, 2023

But with all the excitement and hype, it’s easy for employees to invest time in AI tools that compromise confidential data or for managers to select shadow AI tools that haven’t been through security, data governance, and other vendor compliance reviews.

Digital Transformation 98

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Strategy Data Science 98

erwin

DECEMBER 9, 2024

When it comes to using AI and machine learning across your organization, there are many good reasons to provide your data and analytics community with an intelligent data foundation. For instance, Large Language Models (LLMs) are known to ultimately perform better when data is structured. Lets give a for instance.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Quality Sales Modeling 52

erwin

JUNE 27, 2019

The need for an effective data modeling tool is more significant than ever. For decades, data modeling has provided the optimal way to design and deploy new relational databases with high-quality data sources and support application development. Evaluating a Data Modeling Tool – Key Features.

Measurement 81

Measurement Modeling Unstructured Data Metadata 81

AWS Big Data

APRIL 19, 2023

Data mesh is a new approach to data management. Companies across industries are using a data mesh to decentralize data management to improve data agility and get value from data. This is especially true in a large enterprise with thousands of data products.

Technology 93

Technology Data-driven Machine Learning Sales 93

Alation

AUGUST 11, 2021

It’s time to migrate your business data to the Snowflake Data Cloud. To answer this question, I recently joined Anthony Seraphim of Texas Mutual Insurance Company (TMIC) and David Stodder of TDWI on a webinar. The three of us talked migration strategy and the best way to move to the Snowflake Data Cloud.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Insurance Metadata Strategy 52

AWS Big Data

JULY 8, 2024

Amazon Redshift Serverless is a fully managed, scalable cloud data warehouse that accelerates your time to insights with fast, simple, and secure analytics at scale. Amazon Redshift data sharing allows you to share data within and across organizations, AWS Regions, and even third-party providers, without moving or copying the data.

Data Warehouse 119

Data Warehouse IT Recreation/Entertainment Cost-Benefit 119

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Connecting AI models to a myriad of data sources across cloud and on-premises environments AI models rely on vast amounts of data for training. Once trained and deployed, models also need reliable access to historical and real-time data to generate content, make recommendations, detect errors, send proactive alerts, etc.

Cost-Benefit 76

Cost-Benefit Metadata Data Governance Modeling 76

Alation

JUNE 24, 2022

Last week the Alation team joined data leaders from all over the world for Snowflake Summit 2022 in Las Vegas. With over 10,000 people in attendance, it was truly an event for the entire data community. Attendees were focused on one key question: how can we put data into action and make it accessible to everyone? Let’s dive in!

Data Governance 59

Data Governance Insurance Data Processing Data Strategy 59

Alation

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Data Governance is growing essential. Data growth, shrinking talent pool, data silos – legacy & modern, hybrid & cloud, and multiple tools – add to their challenges. Hence, they are pursuing cloud transformation to help manage growth in data and cost. Protecting sensitive data is hard to scale.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Insurance Risk Data-driven 52

Andrew White

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Here is the run-down of topics and conversations so far during the week, and also a breakdown of my 1-1s: Topic : D&A Governance (including getting re-started) 15. Data & Analytics Strategy 8. Analytics/BI/Data Science 6. Application Data Mgt/ERP Data Governance 5. Data Fabric and/versus Data Mesh 2.

IT 52

IT Insurance Manufacturing Data Science 52

Andrew White

OCTOBER 20, 2022

D&A Governance/MDM/Getting re-started 22. Data & Analytics Strategy 9. Application Data Mgt/ERP Data Governance 7. D&A Governance specific to analytics pipeline 7. Analytics/BI/Data Science 6. Becoming Data Driven/Data Literacy 5. Data Fabric and/versus Data Mesh 2.

IT 52

IT Insurance Manufacturing Data Science 52

Andrew White

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Focus was getting started with a business-driven D&A governance program in an extremely complex organization with many leaders overlapping jurisdiction. 5.10pm Rush back over to the 1-1 area for final 1-1 today… Here is a summary of my 1-1’s today (including Monday’s data): Topic: Data Governance 14.

Data Lake 49

Data Lake IT Data-driven Insurance 49