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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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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Alation

MAY 24, 2022

generally available on May 24, Alation introduces the Open Data Quality Initiative for the modern data stack, giving customers the freedom to choose the data quality vendor that’s best for them with the added confidence that those tools will integrate seamlessly with Alation’s Data Catalog and Data Governance application.

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Alation

APRIL 13, 2021

Much of his work focuses on democratising data and breaking down data silos to drive better business outcomes. In this blog, Chris shows how Snowflake and Alation together accelerate data culture. He shows how Texas Mutual Insurance Company has embraced data governance to build trust in data.

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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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Alation

JANUARY 20, 2022

In Ryan’s “9-Step Process for Better Data Quality” he discussed the processes for generating data that business leaders consider trustworthy. To be clear, data quality is one of several types of data governance as defined by Gartner and the Data Governance Institute. Step 7: Data Quality Metrics.

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Andrew White

APRIL 5, 2019

An oft heard inquiry from clients is, “What is the right metric to use?” The context might be for: Defining data quality. Reporting the business impact of a data governance initiative. Monitoring the progress of a digital or data-driven transformation. Yet here we are, being asked by clients for the right metric.

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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.

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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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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 19, 2025

Mark Brooks, who became CIO of Reinsurance Group of America in 2023, did just that, and restructured the technology organization to support the platform, redefined the programs success metrics, and proved to the board that IT is a good steward of the dollar. What role is data playing in RGAs profitability and growth?

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2025

Metrics should include system downtime and reliability, security incidents, incident response times, data quality issues and system performance. Metrics should include system downtime and reliability, security incidents, incident response times, data quality issues and system performance.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 21, 2025

The World Economic Forum shares some risks with AI agents , including improving transparency, establishing ethical guidelines, prioritizing data governance, improving security, and increasing education. Placing an AI bet on marketing is often a force multiplier as it can drive data governance and security investments.

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AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, one of our customers, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), leverages Amazon DataZone to address their specific data governance needs. This feature also supports metadata enforcement for subscription requests of a data product. For instructions on how to set this up, refer to Amazon DataZone data products.

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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. Sales – Sales process, key performance indicators (KPIs), and metrics.

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AWS Big Data

JANUARY 15, 2025

Data landscape in EUROGATE and current challenges faced in data governance The EUROGATE Group is a conglomerate of container terminals and service providers, providing container handling, intermodal transports, maintenance and repair, and seaworthy packaging services. Eliminate centralized bottlenecks and complex data pipelines.

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DataKitchen

APRIL 13, 2021

We have also included vendors for the specific use cases of ModelOps, MLOps, DataGovOps and DataSecOps which apply DataOps principles to machine learning, AI, data governance, and data security operations. . A complete DataOps program will have a unified, system-wide view of process metrics using a common data store.

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erwin

JANUARY 31, 2019

And even organizations that are currently compliant can’t afford to let their data governance standards slip. Data Governance for GDPR. Google’s record GDPR fine makes the rationale for better data governance clear enough. So arguably, the “tertiary” benefits of data governance should take center stage.

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Cloudera

DECEMBER 4, 2024

It is a powerful deployment environment that enables you to integrate and deploy generative AI (GenAI) and predictive models into your production environments, incorporating Cloudera’s enterprise-grade security, privacy, and data governance. Teams can analyze the data using any BI tool for model monitoring and governance purposes.

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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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Alation

MARCH 5, 2021

Data governance defines how data should be gathered and used within an organization. It address core questions, such as: How does the business define data? How accurate must the data be for use? Organizations have much to gain from learning about and implementing a data governance framework.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Good data governance has always involved dealing with errors and inconsistencies in datasets, as well as indexing and classifying that structured data by removing duplicates, correcting typos, standardizing and validating the format and type of data, and augmenting incomplete information or detecting unusual and impossible variations in the data.

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AWS Big Data

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Data governance is the process of ensuring the integrity, availability, usability, and security of an organization’s data. Due to the volume, velocity, and variety of data being ingested in data lakes, it can get challenging to develop and maintain policies and procedures to ensure data governance at scale for your data lake.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 14, 2025

Many CIOs have work to do here: According to a September 2024 IDC survey, 30% of CIOs acknowledged that they dont know what percentage of their AI proofs of concepts met target KPI metrics or were considered successful something that is likely to doom many AI projects or deem them just for show. What ROI will AI deliver?

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CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 18, 2024

By implementing DPSM, organizations can focus on their data priorities, knowing where all their data lives and how to secure it, he says. This can assist CIOs in tackling data governance issues , he adds. Perez highlights metrics like reduced security incidents, compliance adherence, and improvements in data governance.

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AWS Big Data

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Under the federated mesh architecture, each divisional mesh functions as a node within the broader enterprise data mesh, maintaining a degree of autonomy in managing its data products. By treating the data as a product, the outcome is a reusable asset that outlives a project and meets the needs of the enterprise consumer.

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O'Reilly on Data

APRIL 2, 2019

Recall the following key attributes of a machine learning project: Unlike traditional software where the goal is to meet a functional specification , in ML the goal is to optimize a metric. Quality depends not just on code, but also on data, tuning, regular updates, and retraining.

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AWS Big Data

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Furthermore, you can gain insights into the performance of your data transformations with detailed execution logs and metrics, all accessible through the dbt Cloud interface. This setup supports agile data processing while taking advantage of the serverless architecture of Athena to keep operational costs low.

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AWS Big Data

JULY 29, 2024

In this blog post, we’ll discuss how the metadata layer of Apache Iceberg can be used to make data lakes more efficient. You will learn about an open-source solution that can collect important metrics from the Iceberg metadata layer. This ensures that each change is tracked and reversible, enhancing data governance and auditability.

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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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datapine

MARCH 25, 2019

Data analysis method focuses on strategic approaches to taking raw data, mining for insights that are relevant to the business’s primary goals, and drilling down into this information to transform metrics, facts, and figures into initiatives that benefit improvement. Build a data management roadmap. Visualize your data.

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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?

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DataKitchen

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In our survey, data engineers cited the following as causes of burnout: The relentless flow of errors. Restrictive data governance Policies. For see the entire results of the data engineering survey, please visit “ 2021 Data Engineering Survey: Burned-Out Data Engineers are Calling for DataOps.”.

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datapine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Vertical SaaS also provides the following benefits: Customer intelligence: Enables businesses to obtain industry-specific customer data and intelligence, which plays a critical role in gaining customer-focused insights. Exclusive Bonus Content: Get The Top 10 Saas Trends Handbook!

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Alation

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

As IT leaders oversee migration, it’s critical they do not overlook data governance. Data governance is essential because it ensures people can access useful, high-quality data. Therefore, the question is not if a business should implement cloud data management and governance, but which framework is best for them.

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Alation

JANUARY 27, 2022

People might not understand the data, the data they chose might not be ideal for their application, or there might be better, more current, or more accurate data available. An effective data governance program ensures data consistency and trustworthiness. It can also help prevent data misuse.

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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?

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Alation

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The same could be said about data governance : ask ten experts to define the term, and you’ll get eleven definitions and perhaps twelve frameworks. However it’s defined, data governance is among the hottest topics in data management. This is the final post in a four-part series discussing data culture.

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