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?

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TDAN

APRIL 20, 2021

I published an article a few months back that was titled Where Does Data Governance Fit in a Data Strategy (and other important questions). In the article, I quickly outlined seven primary elements of a data strategy as an answer to one of the “other important questions.”

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Data Science 101

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

I am putting together some of my own resources on Data Strategy. What is a Data Strategy? Building the AI-Powered Organization – while not specific to data strategy, it fits the topic. Keep watching the blog for more information around my thoughts on Data Strategy.

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Data Virtualization

DECEMBER 9, 2021

But do you wonder what the future of data strategy looks like? Data exploration and analysis can bring enormous value to a business. The post The Future of Data Strategy appeared first on Data Virtualization blog. The world is becoming more and more digital, isn’t it?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

As gen AI heads to Gartners trough of disillusionment , CIOs should consider how to realign their 2025 strategies and roadmaps. The World Economic Forum shares some risks with AI agents , including improving transparency, establishing ethical guidelines, prioritizing data governance, improving security, and increasing education.

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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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Cloudera

AUGUST 30, 2022

Data-fuelled innovation requires a pragmatic strategy. This blog lays out some steps to help you incrementally advance efforts to be a more data-driven, customer-centric organization. In some cases, firms are surprised by cloud storage costs and looking to repatriate data. Embrace incremental progress.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 20, 2022

It shows how we will use the power of data to bring benefits to all parts of health and social care.”. Greater control over patient data, and pioneering research with TREs. The strategy also introduced so-called trusted research environments (TRE).

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TDAN

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As a frequent reviewer of data and strategy books, I am always interested in understanding authors’ perspectives on data governance. Two recent books have ideas that are worthy of data governance professionals: “Rewired” by Eric Lamarre, Kate Smaje, and Rodney W. Wixom, Cynthia M. Beath, and […]

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TDAN

JUNE 30, 2020

You may already have a formal Data Governance program in place. Or … you are presently going through the process of trying to convince your Senior Leadership or stakeholders that a formal Data Governance program is necessary. Maybe you are going through the process of convincing the stakeholders that Data […].

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TDAN

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Getting the business engaged with data governance can sometimes be a challenge. At NAIT (the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology), we have put together a process to visually identify and connect our reports to Data Governance. The […].

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 7, 2025

Transformational CIOs continuously invest in their operating model by developing product management, design thinking, agile, DevOps, change management, and data-driven practices. SAS CIO Jay Upchurch says successful CIOs in 2025 will build an integrated IT roadmap that blends generative AI with more mature AI strategies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

CIOs have been able to ride the AI hype cycle to bolster investment in their gen AI strategies, but the AI honeymoon may soon be over, as Gartner recently placed gen AI at the peak of inflated expectations , with the trough of disillusionment not far behind. That doesnt mean investments will dry up overnight.

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AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Initially, the data inventories of different services were siloed within isolated environments, making data discovery and sharing across services manual and time-consuming for all teams involved. Implementing robust data governance is challenging. Oghosa Omorisiagbon is a Senior Data Engineer at HEMA.

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DataCamp

JUNE 11, 2021

In a recent webinar, we discussed how data governance is a key component of an organization’s data strategy and enables it to harness the full value of data. For a data governance plan to succeed, it is important that the right tools and technology are employed.

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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.

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AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 4, 2024

This post explores how the shift to a data product mindset is being implemented, the challenges faced, and the early wins that are shaping the future of data management in the Institutional Division. Nodes and domains serve business needs and are not technology mandated.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2023

The first published data governance framework was the work of Gwen Thomas, who founded the Data Governance Institute (DGI) and put her opus online in 2003. They already had a technical plan in place, and I helped them find the right size and structure of an accompanying data governance program.

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When you’re connected, you can query, visualize, and share data—governed by Amazon DataZone—within Tableau. Solution walkthrough: Configure Tableau to access project-subscribed data assets To configure Tableau to access project-subscribed data assets, follow these detailed steps: Download the latest Athena driver.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 23, 2023

Having joined its executive team 18 months ago, CDIO Jennifer Hartsock oversees its global technology portfolio, and digital and data strategies, so she has to keep track of a lot of moving parts, both large and small, to help achieve the company’s big corporate strategy about being ‘better together.’ “It

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AWS Big Data

MARCH 26, 2024

In this post, we discuss how you can use purpose-built AWS services to create an end-to-end data strategy for C360 to unify and govern customer data that address these challenges. We recommend building your data strategy around five pillars of C360, as shown in the following figure.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

Yet, while businesses increasingly rely on data-driven decision-making, the role of chief data officers (CDOs) in sustainability remains underdeveloped and underutilized. However, embedding ESG into an enterprise data strategy doesnt have to start as a C-suite directive.

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TDAN

AUGUST 16, 2022

Unfortunately, a lot of data governance programs fail and there are many reasons why. The silver lining is that there are great lessons from these failures that we can learn from and make sure that we will avoid them in our data governance program.

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TDAN

MAY 4, 2021

Since July 2018, over €274M in fines have been enforced by the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

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TDAN

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

However, if there is no strategy underlining how and why we collect data and who can access it, the value is lost. Ultimately, data governance is central to […] In the publishing industry, there are a lot of things we can measure. Not only that, but we can put our business at serious risk of non-compliance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 5, 2024

These tools empower users with sector-specific expertise to manage data without extensive programming knowledge. Features such as synthetic data creation can further enhance your data strategy.

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TDAN

MAY 17, 2022

There is… but one… Data Governance. Maybe you are one who believes that there is something called Master Data Governance, Information Governance, Metadata Governance, Big Data Governance, Customer [or insert domain name here] Data Governance, Data Governance 1.0 – 2.0 – 3.0,

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TDAN

MARCH 16, 2021

The purpose of this article is to provide a model to conduct a self-assessment of your organization’s data environment when preparing to build your Data Governance program. Take the […].

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BI-Survey

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Data and data management processes are everywhere in the organization so there is a growing need for a comprehensive view of business objects and data. It is therefore vital that data is subject to some form of overarching control, which should be guided by a data strategy.

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TDAN

JANUARY 14, 2020

Recording requirements for success is an important first step toward demonstrating the value of a Data Governance program. Practitioners know that Data Governance requires planning, resources, money and time and that several of these objects are in short supply.

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TDAN

OCTOBER 17, 2023

According to the authors of “Data Is Everybody’s Business,” a data strategy “lays out an organization’s goals and plans for managing and exploiting data.” So, where are chief information officers (CIOs) at in facilitating a data strategy with their business counterparts? What things get in the way the most?

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Cloudera

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Founded in 2016, Octopai offers automated solutions for data lineage, data discovery, data catalog, mapping, and impact analysis across complex data environments. It allows users to mitigate risks, increase efficiency, and make data strategy more actionable than ever before.

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 30, 2024

After connecting, you can query, visualize, and share data—governed by Amazon DataZone—within the tools you already know and trust. Joel Farvault is Principal Specialist SA Analytics for AWS with 25 years’ experience working on enterprise architecture, data governance and analytics, mainly in the financial services industry.

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TDAN

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In todays fast-paced business world, data governance often feels like an insurmountable challenge. While teams focus on product development, innovation, and revenue generation, governance can seem like an abstract and expensive luxury. Organizations are missing critical insights and […]

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 29, 2024

However, the initial version of CDH supported only coarse-grained access control to entire data assets, and hence it was not possible to scope access to data asset subsets. This led to inefficiencies in data governance and access control.

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TDAN

AUGUST 31, 2021

A common misconception among c-level executives is that governance and management of data is the same thing other than in capital letters. Below, we will explore the main differences between Data Management […].

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TDAN

JULY 6, 2021

A question was raised in a recent webinar about the role of the Data Architect and Data Modelers in a Data Governance program. My webinar with Dataversity was focused on Data Governance Roles as the Backbone of Your Program.

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