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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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 24, 2023

Data governance definition Data governance is a system for defining who within an organization has authority and control over data assets and how those data assets may be used. It encompasses the people, processes, and technologies required to manage and protect data assets.

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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?

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erwin

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Managing an organization’s governance, risk and compliance (GRC) via its enterprise and business architectures means managing them against business processes (BP). Governance, risk and compliance are treated as isolated bubbles. Data-related risks are not connected with the data architects/data scientists.

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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.”.

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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). Strengthen data security. How erwin Can Help. How erwin Can Help.

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erwin

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The Regulatory Rationale for Integrating Data Management & Data Governance. Now, as Cybersecurity Awareness Month comes to a close – and ghosts and goblins roam the streets – we thought it a good time to resurrect some guidance on how data governance can make data security less scary.

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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?

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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. Passing the Data Governance Ball.

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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.

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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 Tools for Regulatory Compliance.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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erwin

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Prashant Parikh, erwin’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, talks about erwin’s vision to automate every aspect of the data governance journey to increase speed to insights. Although AI and ML are massive fields with tremendous value, erwin’s approach to data governance automation is much broader.

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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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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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Alation

JANUARY 19, 2023

The words “ data governance ” and “fun” are seldom spoken together. The term data governance conjures images of restrictions and control that result in an uphill challenge for most programs and organizations from the beginning. Or they are spending too much time preparing the data for proper use.

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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.

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erwin

JANUARY 24, 2019

They need their data mappings to fall under governance and audit controls, with instant access to dynamic impact analysis and lineage. With an automation framework, data professionals can meet these needs at a fraction of the cost of the traditional manual way. Benefits of an Automation Framework for Data Governance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2025

With the rapid advancement and deployment of AI technologies comes a threat as inclusion has surpassed many organizations governance policies. These changes can expose businesses to risks and vulnerabilities such as security breaches, data privacy issues and harm to the companys reputation. Organizational silos.

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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.

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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.

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erwin

AUGUST 20, 2020

As a practice, EA involves the documentation, analysis, design and implementation of an organization’s assets and structure. With an enterprise architecture management suite (EAMS) , an organization can define and document its structure to more effectively determine how to achieve its goals. Reduced risks and costs.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In this blog we will discuss how Alation helps minimize risk with active data governance. Now that you have empowered data scientists and analysts to access the Snowflake Data Cloud and speed their modeling and analysis, you need to bolster the effectiveness of your governance models.

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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 ….

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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.

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erwin

APRIL 9, 2020

As someone who works in data governance and intelligence , I’d like to look at three aspects of disaster planning and business continuity in particular. Documented Policies and Procedures. As a mitigation for this risk, my family has discussed how we will reunite should a disaster occur when we are outside the home.

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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

All this while CIOs are under increased pressure to deliver more competitive capabilities, reduce security risks, connect AI with enterprise data, and automate more workflows — all areas where architecture disciplines have a direct role in influencing outcomes.

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erwin

OCTOBER 17, 2019

it ensures not only access to proper documentation but also current, updated information. The Regulatory Rationale for Integrating Data Management & Data Governance. Data security/risk management. EA should be commonplace in data security planning. Data governance.

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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.

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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.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

This can cause risk without a clear business case. This enforces the need for good data governance, as AI models will surface incorrect data more frequently, and most likely at a greater cost to the business. They also have responsibility to build out the critical data products that are core to our business.

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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.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The way enterprises implement data governance is changing. In the past, data governance either emphasized exercising tight control over data or fitting people into rigid roles and processes. With both approaches, data governance is a hurdle to productive data & analytics rather than an enabler.

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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.

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