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. Finding metadata, “the data about the data,” isn’t easy. Why such a heavy lift?

Metadata 135

Metadata Data Governance Management Cost-Benefit 135

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

AWS Big Data

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Data is your generative AI differentiator, and a successful generative AI implementation depends on a robust data strategy incorporating a comprehensive data governance approach. Data governance is a critical building block across all these approaches, and we see two emerging areas of focus.

Data Governance 124

Data Governance Unstructured Data Metadata Data Lake 124

erwin

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Automating data governance is key to addressing the exponentially growing volume and variety of data. Data readiness is everything. Earlier this year, erwin conducted a research project in partnership with Dataversity, the 2020 State of Data Governance and Automation.

Data Governance 105

Data Governance Metadata Digital Transformation ROI 105

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It will do this, it said, with bidirectional integration between its platform and Salesforce’s to seamlessly delivers data governance and end-to-end lineage within Salesforce Data Cloud. We look at the entire landscape of information that an enterprise has,” Sangani said. “As Alation is a founding member, along with Collibra.

Data Governance 123

Data Governance Metadata Unstructured Data Structured Data 123

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 25, 2025

Data debt that undermines decision-making In Digital Trailblazer , I share a story of a private company that reported a profitable year to the board, only to return after the holiday to find that data quality issues and calculation mistakes turned it into an unprofitable one.

Risk 140

Risk Cost-Benefit Data-driven Digital Transformation 140

erwin

JULY 12, 2019

In light of recent, high-profile data breaches, it’s past-time we re-examined strategic data governance and its role in managing regulatory requirements. for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). How erwin Can Help.

Data Governance 110

Data Governance Management Metadata Risk Management 110

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

When youre dealing with truly complex, unstructured data like text, voice and images. Think sentiment analysis of customer reviews, summarizing lengthy documents or extracting information from medical records. Theyre also useful for dynamic situations where data and requirements are constantly changing.

Unstructured Data 115

Unstructured Data Manufacturing Data Governance Sales 115

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

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This makes sure your data models are well-documented, versioned, and straightforward to manage within a collaborative environment. This setup supports agile data processing while taking advantage of the serverless architecture of Athena to keep operational costs low.

Data Lake 104

Data Lake Data Warehouse Cost-Benefit Data Transformation 104

Alation

MAY 27, 2021

For data-driven enterprises, data governance is no longer an option; it’s a necessity. Businesses are growing more dependent on data governance to manage data policies, compliance, and quality. For these reasons, a business’ data governance approach is essential. Data Democratization.

Data Governance 98

Data Governance Data Quality Enterprise Machine Learning 98

erwin

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Better decision-making has now topped compliance as the primary driver of data governance. However, organizations still encounter a number of bottlenecks that may hold them back from fully realizing the value of their data in producing timely and relevant business insights. Data Governance Bottlenecks. Regulations.

Data Governance 89

Data Governance Metadata Data Quality IoT 89

Alation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

What is data governance and how do you measure success? Data governance is a system for answering core questions about data. It begins with establishing key parameters: What is data, who can use it, how can they use it, and why? Why is your data governance strategy failing?

Data Governance 96

Data Governance Strategy Data Quality Metrics 96

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

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

But when an agent whose primary purpose is understanding company documents and tries to speak XML, it can make mistakes. If an agent needs to perform an action on an AWS instance, for example, youll actually pull in the data sources and API documentation you need, all based on the identity of the person asking for that action at runtime.

IT 141

IT Enterprise Interactive Data Quality 141

Alation

AUGUST 17, 2022

According to analysts, data governance programs have not shown a high success rate. According to CIOs , historical data governance programs were invasive and suffered from one of two defects: They were either forced on the rank and file — who grew to dislike IT as a result. The Risks of Early Data Governance Programs.

Data Governance 92

Data Governance Risk Data-driven Measurement 92

erwin

MAY 17, 2021

erwin by Quest just released the “2021 State of Data Governance and Empowerment” report. This past year also saw a major shift as the silos between data governance, data operations and data protection diminished, with enterprises seeking to understand their data and the systems they use and secure to empower smarter decision-making.

Data Governance 99

Data Governance Data Quality Snapshot Reporting 99

Alation

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

DataOps practices help organizations overcome challenges caused by fragmented teams and processes and delays in delivering data in consumable forms. So how does data governance relate to DataOps? Data governance is a key data management process. Continuous Improvement Applied to Data Governance.

Data Governance 98

Data Governance Measurement Metadata Testing 98

Rocket-Powered Data Science

MARCH 20, 2023

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. Source: [link] SAP also announced key partners that further enhance Datasphere as a powerful business data fabric.

Data Warehouse 325

Data Warehouse Metadata Digital Transformation Machine Learning 325

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?

Data Governance 91

Data Governance IoT Internet of Things Data-driven 91

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

Cloudera

AUGUST 4, 2021

And if data security tops IT concerns, data governance should be their second priority. Not only is it critical to protect data, but data governance is also the foundation for data-driven businesses and maximizing value from data analytics. But it’s still not easy. But it’s still not easy.

Data Governance 86

Data Governance Metadata Data-driven Enterprise 86

erwin

MARCH 8, 2019

GDPR) and to ensure peak business performance, organizations often bring consultants on board to help take stock of their data assets. This sort of data governance “stock check” is important but can be arduous without the right approach and technology. That’s where data governance comes in ….

Data Governance 65

Data Governance Metadata Data Warehouse Data Quality 65

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

APRIL 29, 2020

In the event of a change in data expectations, data lineage provides a way to determine which downstream applications and processes are affected by the change and helps in planning for application updates. Business terms and data policies should be implemented through standardized and documented business rules.

Key Performance Indicator 111

Key Performance Indicator Metadata Data Governance Data Quality 111

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

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

JANUARY 30, 2025

Metrics should include system downtime and reliability, security incidents, incident response times, data quality issues and system performance. You can also measure user AI skills, adoption rates and even the maturity level of the governance model itself. Lets talk about a few of them: Lack of data governance.

Testing 93

Testing Metrics Cost-Benefit Modeling 93

Alation

JULY 6, 2021

Common Data Governance Challenges. Every enterprise runs into data governance challenges eventually. Issues like data visibility, quality, and security are common and complex. Data governance is often introduced as a potential solution. And one enterprise alone can generate a world of data.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Metadata Data Quality Risk 52

erwin

JUNE 17, 2021

erwin by Quest just released the “ 2021 State of Data Governance and Empowerment” report. This past year also saw a major shift as the silos between data governance, data operations and data protection diminished, with enterprises seeking to understand their data and the systems they use and secure to empower smarter decision-making.

Data Governance 59

Data Governance Data Quality Snapshot Reporting 59

Octopai

JUNE 24, 2019

There are a number of scenarios that necessitate data governance tools. Businesses operating within strict industry regulations, utilizing analytics software, and/or regularly consolidating data in key subject areas will find themselves looking into data governance tools to help them achieve their goals.

Data Governance 58

Data Governance Metadata Unstructured Data Software 58

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

Alation

MAY 31, 2023

The state of data governance is evolving as organizations recognize the significance of managing and protecting their data. With stricter regulations and greater demand for data-driven insights, effective data governance frameworks are critical. What is a data architect?

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Metadata Data Architecture Data Quality 52

erwin

AUGUST 7, 2019

A data catalog benefits organizations in a myriad of ways. With the right data catalog tool, organizations can automate enterprise metadata management – including data cataloging, data mapping, data quality and code generation for faster time to value and greater accuracy for data movement and/or deployment projects.

Metadata 90

Metadata Data Governance Data Quality Data Warehouse 90

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

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. Managing metadata should not be a sub-goal of data governance. The Role of Metadata in Data Governance.

Metadata 84

Metadata Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Quality 84

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 2, 2024

And the other is retrieval augmented generation (RAG) models, where pieces of data from a larger source are vectorized to allow users to “talk” to the data. For example, they can take a thousand-page document, have it ingested by the model, and then ask the model questions about it. For us, it’s all part of data governance.

Management 141

Management Data Governance Cost-Benefit Structured Data 141