Timo Elliott

JANUARY 6, 2022

Like the proverbial man looking for his keys under the streetlight , when it comes to enterprise data, if you only look at where the light is already shining, you can end up missing a lot. Remember that dark data is the data you have but don’t understand. So how do you find your dark data? Analyze your metadata.

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IT Metadata Data-driven Data Governance 135

AWS Big Data

MARCH 26, 2024

This view is used to identify patterns and trends in customer behavior, which can inform data-driven decisions to improve business outcomes. 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.

Data Strategy 93

Data Strategy Strategy Data Warehouse Prescriptive Analytics 93

AWS Big Data

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Analytics remained one of the key focus areas this year, with significant updates and innovations aimed at helping businesses harness their data more efficiently and accelerate insights. From enhancing data lakes to empowering AI-driven analytics, AWS unveiled new tools and services that are set to shape the future of data and analytics.

Analytics 60

Analytics Data Lake Metadata Data Warehouse 60

Cloudera

APRIL 18, 2024

All of that technology, though, depends on data to be successful. In those discussions, it was clear that everyone understood the need to treat data estates more cohesively as a whole—that means bringing more attention to security, data governance, and metadata management, the latter of which has become increasingly popular.

Analytics 110

Analytics Metadata Data Strategy Optimization 110

erwin

DECEMBER 9, 2024

When it comes to using AI and machine learning across your organization, there are many good reasons to provide your data and analytics community with an intelligent data foundation. For instance, Large Language Models (LLMs) are known to ultimately perform better when data is structured. Lets give a for instance.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Quality Sales Modeling 52

AWS Big Data

JUNE 10, 2024

Enterprises and organizations across the globe want to harness the power of data to make better decisions by putting data at the center of every decision-making process. However, throughout history, data services have held dominion over their customers’ data.

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Data Lake Metadata Snapshot Analytics 126

Octopai

APRIL 19, 2021

Aptly named, metadata management is the process in which BI and Analytics teams manage metadata, which is the data that describes other data. In other words, data is the context and metadata is the content. Without metadata, BI teams are unable to understand the data’s full story.

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Metadata Management Business Intelligence Data Governance 59

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 30, 2022

The rise of data strategy. There’s a renewed interest in reflecting on what can and should be done with data, how to accomplish those goals and how to check for data strategy alignment with business objectives. The evolution of a multi-everything landscape, and what that means for data strategy.

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Data Strategy Strategy Business Objectives Data-driven 56

Alation

MARCH 14, 2023

Data gathering and use pervades almost every business function these days — and it’s widely acknowledged that businesses with a clear strategy around data are best placed to succeed in competitive, challenging markets such as defence. What is a data strategy? Why is a data strategy important?

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Data Strategy Strategy Metadata Data Quality 52

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

While some enterprises are already reporting AI-driven growth, the complexities of data strategy are proving a big stumbling block for many other businesses. So, what can businesses do to maximize the value of their data, and ensure their genAI projects are delivering return on investment?

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ROI Cost-Benefit Unstructured Data Metadata 110

IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 8, 2022

Implementing the right data strategy spurs innovation and outstanding business outcomes by recognizing data as a critical asset that provides insights for better and more informed decision-making. Here are a few common data management challenges: Regulatory compliance on data use. Data quality. Data silos.

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Data-driven Enterprise Data Governance Data Lake 56

Alation

MAY 3, 2022

In a couple of weeks (May 17–19) the Alation team joins one of our favorite data events of the year: Tableau Conference 2022. Yet there’s still an alarming gap between finding data… and using it. Yet there’s still an alarming gap between finding data… and using it. Mind the (Data Accessibility) Gap. The result?

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Data-driven Reporting Data Governance Metadata 52

BI-Survey

MARCH 4, 2022

“We are a data-driven company,” is a familiar refrain we hear from business leaders and managers. This is evidence of a fundamental shift in mindset, reflecting the fact that leaders have now understood and internalized the concept of the data-driven enterprise.

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Data-driven Data Strategy Data Governance Strategy 52

Alation

APRIL 19, 2021

The cloud supports this new workforce, connecting remote workers to vital data, no matter their location. Data Cloud Migration Challenges and Solutions. Cloud migration is the process of moving enterprise data and infrastructure from on premise to off premise. However, cloud data migration can be difficult.

Cost-Benefit 111

Cost-Benefit Strategy Enterprise Data Strategy 111

AWS Big Data

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In the era of digital transformation and data-driven decision making, organizations must rapidly harness insights from their data to deliver exceptional customer experiences and gain competitive advantage. Solution overview Salesforce Data Cloud provides a point-and-click experience to share data with a customer’s AWS account.

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Data Lake Analytics Data-driven Data Strategy 113

Cloudera

JUNE 7, 2022

We live in a hybrid data world. In the past decade, the amount of structured data created, captured, copied, and consumed globally has grown from less than 1 ZB in 2011 to nearly 14 ZB in 2020. Impressive, but dwarfed by the amount of unstructured data, cloud data, and machine data – another 50 ZB.

IT 112

IT Data Architecture Unstructured Data Big Data 112

AWS Big Data

APRIL 19, 2023

Data mesh is a new approach to data management. Companies across industries are using a data mesh to decentralize data management to improve data agility and get value from data. This is especially true in a large enterprise with thousands of data products.

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Technology Data-driven Machine Learning Sales 104

IBM Big Data Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now at the forefront of how enterprises work with data to help reinvent operations, improve customer experiences, and maintain a competitive advantage. It’s no longer a nice-to-have, but an integral part of a successful data strategy. Why does AI need an open data lakehouse architecture?

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Data Lake Metadata Data Warehouse Cost-Benefit 77

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 23, 2022

We live in a hybrid data world. In the past decade, the amount of structured data created, captured, copied, and consumed globally has grown from less than 1 ZB in 2011 to nearly 14 ZB in 2020. Impressive, but dwarfed by the amount of unstructured data, cloud data, and machine data – another 50 ZB.

IT 97

IT Data Architecture Unstructured Data Big Data 97

TDAN

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

A recent experience brought home to me the critical importance of good quality data in even the simplest of processes, particularly as processes become more automated and data driven. Before I went on vacation last month, a new team member joined Castlebridge.

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Data-driven Data Quality Metadata Data Strategy 123

Ontotext

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

What Makes a Data Fabric? Data Fabric’ has reached where ‘Cloud Computing’ and ‘Grid Computing’ once trod. Data Fabric hit the Gartner top ten in 2019. This multiplicity of data leads to the growth silos, which in turns increases the cost of integration. It is a buzzword.

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Metadata Knowledge Discovery Data Quality Strategy 69

Ontotext

JANUARY 29, 2024

In 2023, data leaders and enthusiasts were enamored of — and often distracted by — initiatives such as generative AI and cloud migration. I expect to see the following data and knowledge management trends emerge in 2024. However, organizations need to be aware that these may be nothing more than bolted-on Band-Aids.

Strategy 52

Strategy Management Metadata Data-driven 52

AWS Big Data

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The Analytics specialty practice of AWS Professional Services (AWS ProServe) helps customers across the globe with modern data architecture implementations on the AWS Cloud. In this post, we discuss a common use case in relation to operational data processing and the solution we built using Apache Hudi and AWS Glue.

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Data Lake Data Processing Metadata Snapshot 111

Sisense

MAY 28, 2020

In the Clouds is where we explore the ways cloud-native architecture, cloud data storage, and cloud analytics are changing key industries and business practices, with anecdotes from experts, how-to’s, and more to help your company excel in the cloud era. The world of data is constantly changing and speeding up every day.

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Internet of Things Metadata Data-driven Unstructured Data 83

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? Answers will differ widely depending upon a business’ industry and strategy for growth.

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Data Governance Strategy Data Quality Metrics 96

BI-Survey

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

“Data culture eats data strategy for breakfast” has become a popular saying among data and analytics managers and executives. Even the best data strategy cannot fulfill its potential if the data culture in the company does not match it.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data-driven Data Strategy Strategy 52

Sisense

JULY 6, 2020

We live in a world of data: there’s more of it than ever before, in a ceaselessly expanding array of forms and locations. Dealing with Data is your window into the ways Data Teams are tackling the challenges of this new world to help their companies and their customers thrive. Employing Enterprise Data Management (EDM).

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Enterprise Management Data Architecture Data-driven 98

Octopai

JUNE 9, 2024

In today’s data-centric world, organizations often tout data as their most valuable asset. However, many struggle to maintain reliable, trustworthy data amidst complex, evolving environments. This challenge is especially critical for executives responsible for data strategy and operations.

IT 52

IT Data-driven Predictive Analytics Data Strategy 52

Alation

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Data Swamp vs Data Lake. And so will your data. You know the story well: you have a ton of data and need fast access to the right data. Building an efficient solution for data storage and processing is becoming more than just a back-office or IT challenge. Benefits of a Data Lake.

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Data Lake Metadata Data Warehouse Data Governance 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? Ensure data security and compliance.

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Data Governance Metadata Data Architecture Data Quality 52

Ontotext

MAY 2, 2024

Data leaders today are faced with an almost impossible challenge. They are expected to understand the entire data landscape and generate business-moving insights while facing the voracious needs of different teams and the constraints of technology architecture and compliance.

Metadata 52

Metadata Data Lake Data-driven Enterprise 52

IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 5, 2023

Poor data quality is one of the top barriers faced by organizations aspiring to be more data-driven. Ill-timed business decisions and misinformed business processes, missed revenue opportunities, failed business initiatives and complex data systems can all stem from data quality issues.

Data Architecture 52

Data Architecture Data Quality Strategy Data Lake 52

AWS Big Data

APRIL 26, 2023

Having an accurate and up-to-date inventory of all technical assets helps an organization ensure it can keep track of all its resources with metadata information such as their assigned oners, last updated date, used by whom, how frequently and more. Enables a hub-and-spoke model for Data Access in multiple AWS accounts in a data mesh fashion.

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Metadata Dashboards Visualization Consulting 52

Alation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

A recent report from Gartner, Data Catalogs Are the New Black in Data Management and Analytics finds that, “Demand for data catalogs is soaring as organizations struggle to inventory distributed data assets to facilitate data monetization and conform to regulations.”* The trend mirrors demand for Alation.

Enterprise 52

Enterprise Metadata Data-driven Strategy 52

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 31, 2023

Data governance is the collection of policies, processes, and systems that organizations use to ensure the quality and appropriate handling of their data throughout its lifecycle for the purpose of generating business value.

Data Lake 98

Data Lake Data Governance Data Architecture Machine Learning 98

AWS Big Data

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This data is used in procuring devices’ inventory to meet Amazon customers’ demands. With data volumes exhibiting a double-digit percentage growth rate year on year and the COVID pandemic disrupting global logistics in 2021, it became more critical to scale and generate near-real-time data.

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Optimization Forecasting Data Lake Metadata 52

Cloudera

JANUARY 5, 2023

In the past year, businesses who doubled down on digital transformation during the pandemic saw their efforts coming to fruition in the form of cost savings and more streamlined data management. 1- Treating data as a strategic business asset . 2- Operationalizing adaptive AI systems for quicker business decision-making.

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