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. The solution is data intelligence.

Digital Transformation 98

Digital Transformation Strategy Metadata Data-driven 98

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

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?

Data Governance 145

Data Governance IT Cost-Benefit Metadata 145

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 23, 2024

As a digital transformation leader and former CIO, I carry a healthy dose of paranoia. Call it survival instincts: Risks that can disrupt an organization from staying true to its mission and accomplishing its goals must constantly be surfaced, assessed, and either mitigated or managed. Are stakeholders struggling or unhappy?

Risk 142

Risk IT Risk Management Cost-Benefit 142

erwin

OCTOBER 8, 2020

No less daunting, your next step is to re-point or even re-platform your data movement processes. And you can’t risk false starts or delayed ROI that reduces the confidence of the business and taint this transformational initiative. Why You Need Cloud Data Governance. GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX, PIC DSS).

Data Governance 145

Data Governance Metadata Testing Data Lake 145

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 Management Takes Time.

Metadata 135

Metadata Data Governance Management Cost-Benefit 135

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 14, 2025

On a similar note, Andy Sack, co-founder and co-CEO of Forum3, which provides AI and digital transformation solutions to companies, says CIOs must pose this question to themselves and other C-suite execs. Whats our risk tolerance, and what safeguards are necessary to ensure safe, secure, ethical use of AI?

Strategy 141

Strategy ROI Experimentation Risk 141

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

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Cybersecurity and systemic risk are two sides of the same coin. As we saw recently with the CrowdStrike outage, the interconnected nature of enterprises today brings with it great risk that can have a significant negative effect on any company’s finances. This should be no surprise since the global average cost of a data breach is $4.88

Risk 132

Risk Reporting Digital Transformation Enterprise 132

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. Establishing a Data Foundation. era is upon us.

Data Governance 145

Data Governance IT Risk Data Lake 145

erwin

APRIL 2, 2021

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. Is it sensitive data or are there any risks associated with it?

Data Governance 106

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.

Digital Transformation 98

Digital Transformation Unstructured Data Strategy Data Science 98

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The CIO and CMO partnership must ensure seamless system integration and data sharing, enhancing insights and decision-making. To drive gen-AI top-line revenue impacts, CIOs should review their data governance priorities and consider proactive data governance and dataops practices that go beyond risk management objectives.

Sales 143

Sales Metrics Data-driven Unstructured Data 143

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.

Digital Transformation 69

Digital Transformation Data Governance Risk Sales 69

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

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

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. Mounting technical debt and extending the life of legacy systems are key risks CIOs should be paranoid about.

Enterprise 145

Enterprise Digital Transformation Cost-Benefit Risk 145

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.

Data Governance 115

Data Governance Enterprise Management Data Lake 115

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.

Data Lake 109

Data Lake Sales Metadata Machine Learning 109

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2025

Salesforces Agentforce plays a key role in SharkNinjas digital transformation, too, with agentic AI being evaluated across user browsing, product selection, recipe discovery, and customer support. Think summarizing, reviewing, even flagging risk across thousands of documents.

IT 139

IT Sales Cost-Benefit Data-driven 139

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.

Data Governance 131

Data Governance Key Performance Indicator Metadata Digital Transformation 131

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. In the next sections, we’ll reveal what else is needed as well as how to right-size governance of more than just data helps organizations achieve their objectives.

Digital Transformation 57

Digital Transformation Data Governance Data Science Data Warehouse 57

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. Impact of Errors : Erroneous data posed immediate risks to operations and long-term damage to customer trust.

Management 52

Management Data Governance Consulting Risk 52

erwin

OCTOBER 17, 2019

At erwin, we’re definitely witnessing this EA evolution as more and more as organizations undertake digital transformation initiatives, including rearchitecting their business models and value streams, as well as responding to increasing regulatory pressures. Data security/risk management. Data governance.

Enterprise 106

Enterprise Digital Transformation Data Governance Risk Management 106

erwin

JULY 22, 2020

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. There’s no doubt E.ON, based in Essen, Germany, has established one of the most comprehensive and successful data governance programs in modern business.

Data-driven 136

Data-driven Data Governance Digital Transformation Data Processing 136

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

As many organizations were accelerating digital transformation initiatives, the higher-performing teams excelled at change management and agile planning practices. CIOs have a new opportunity to communicate a gen AI vision for using copilots and improve their collaborative cultures to help accelerate AI adoption while avoiding risks.

IT 141

IT Digital Transformation Experimentation Risk 141

erwin

JANUARY 17, 2020

In the modern context, data modeling is a function of data governance. While data modeling has always been the best way to understand complex data sources and automate design standards, modern data modeling goes well beyond these domains to accelerate and ensure the overall success of data governance in any organization.

Data-driven 138

Data-driven Modeling Metadata Data Governance 138

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. If sustainability-related data projects fail to demonstrate a clear financial impact, they risk being deprioritized in favor of more immediate business concerns.

IT 59

IT Data Governance Data-driven Metrics 59

erwin

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Digital Transformation. Data Security & Risk Management. Data Center Consolidation. Data Governance (knowing what data you have and where it is). Digital Transformation. The key driver of modern EA is the demand for digital transformation. Compliance/Legislation.

Enterprise 131

Enterprise Digital Transformation Key Performance Indicator Data-driven 131

Cloudera

AUGUST 3, 2021

Advanced analytics empower risk reduction . Advanced analytics and enterprise data are empowering several overarching initiatives in supply chain risk reduction – improved visibility and transparency into all aspects of the supply chain balanced with data governance and security. .

Analytics 111

Analytics Digital Transformation Forecasting Risk 111

erwin

JANUARY 21, 2021

For many of those yet to adopt and adapt, it is a case of “when” not “if” the enterprise will undergo a form of digital transformation requiring data migration to the cloud. compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation). in the transformation of legacy structures. Data Governance.

Data Governance 59

Data Governance Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Risk 59

erwin

AUGUST 20, 2020

Through effective EA, organizations are better able to identify risks and opportunities, address redundancies and process gaps, and create roadmaps to bridge the gap between the current and desired future state of an organization. Reduced risks and costs. Data Governance. Data Security & Risk Management.

Enterprise 140

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Risk Data Governance 140

erwin

AUGUST 6, 2020

With your employees connected and armed with data that paints a clear picture of the business, your organization is better prepared to turn its attention to whatever your strategic priority may be – i.e. digital transformation, customer experience, or withstanding this current (or future) crisis. So, what is data literacy?

Contextual Data 135

Contextual Data Data Governance Metadata Digital Transformation 135

Anmut

APRIL 6, 2021

Enterprise digital transformation and data. Most organisations undergoing a digital transformation understand that data is critical, but how many are actually managing data as an asset ? Your data isn’t fit for purpose. Your digital transformation initiatives fail. The result?

Digital Transformation 52

Digital Transformation Enterprise Data Quality Data-driven 52

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Mainframes are still the backbone of many organizations Mainframes have been the backbone of IT infrastructure for mission-critical companies for decades because of their resilience, security, and data governance. Digital Transformation

Management 111

Management Data Governance Digital Transformation Risk 111

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 10, 2023

My team and I are very proud of our transformation that started in 2019,” she says. We could do all that mapping and validation with you, but if the underlying data isn’t accurate, it has nothing to do with the mechanism which provides that. That’s going to be an ongoing technical risk that we’ll have and we need to overcome that.

Data-driven 120

Data-driven IT Digital Transformation Data Governance 120

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 8, 2024

“As we head into the new year, CIOs and other IT leaders will need to understand how innovation can disrupt the business from both an internal and external perspective and make decisions with measured risk taking and a strong focus on priority outcomes.”

Cost-Benefit 142

Cost-Benefit Digital Transformation Optimization Measurement 142