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May 1 2024

New Gartner Category Impacts Data Governance Professionals

With the latest SEC developments lighting a fire under the feet of companies and their executives, data governance is increasingly a front-line imperative. The shift is dramatic, with firms now mandated to report material cybersecurity incidents promptly, a move that ties the knot even tighter between cybersecurity and data governance. As highlighted in the “Data […]

Data Crime: Arizona Is Not Arkansas

I call it a “data crime” when someone is abusing or misusing data. When we understand these stories and their implications, it can help us learn from mistakes and prevent future data crimes. The stories can also be helpful if you have to explain the importance of data management to someone. The Story After a series […]

Do Citizen Data Scientists Add Value or Is the Concept Mere Buzz?

If you read trade or industry journals or business publications, you have probably noticed that the subject of the citizen data scientist is fraught with controversy. While Gartner and other technology research firms have predicted the growth of this movement and its success, there are those who believe that the concept of citizen data scientists is just a lot of buzz and […]

Data Cleansing Tools for Big Data: Challenges and Solutions

In the realm of big data, ensuring the reliability and accuracy of data is crucial for making well-informed decisions and actionable insights. Data cleansing, the process of detecting and correcting errors and inconsistencies in datasets, is critical to maintaining data quality. However, the scale and complexity of big data present unique challenges for data cleansing […]

5 Best Practices for Data Management in the Cloud

Organizations manage data in the cloud through strategic planning and the implementation of best practices tailored to their specific needs. This involves selecting the right cloud service providers and technology stacks that align with their data management goals. They focus on data security, compliance, and scalability while leveraging cloud technologies to enhance data accessibility, analysis, […]

AI Could Save Your Data Governance Program, but It’s Unlikely

In the 1980s, there was a flurry of movies about robots coming to imprison or terrorize humanity. Forty years later, almost every business and technology publication seems to have reimagined the army of robots and artificial intelligence as trading their quest for world domination for the exciting world of business processing. It’s unlikely that most […]

The Modern Data Stack: Why It Should Matter to Data Practitioners

In the rapidly evolving data landscape, data practitioners face a plethora of concepts and architectures. Data mesh argues for a decentralized approach to data and for data to be delivered as curated, reusable data products under the ownership of business domains. Meanwhile, according to the authors of “Rewired,” data fabric offers “the promise of greatly […]

The Evidence Act Brings Opportunity for Data Governance

Five years ago, the most comprehensive data governance law was passed in the U.S. On January 14, 2019, the “Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018,” also known as the “Evidence Act,” was passed into law. The Evidence Act requires U.S. Government federal agencies to designate a nonpolitical appointee as Chief Data Officer (CDO) to […]

5 Technologies That Will Help You Comply with GDPR

GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. It’s a regulation introduced by the European Union in 2018 to protect the privacy and personal data of EU citizens. It applies to all companies that process personal data of people living in the EU, regardless of the company’s location. Compliance with GDPR is not just about avoiding […]

The Role of Dark Data: Uncovering Insights in Unused Information

Dark data remains one of the greatest untapped resources in business. This is due to the vast amounts of usable data that exists within an organization, but is not utilized or analyzed to serve a specific purpose. These untapped sources could include customer information, transaction records, and more. Since dark data represents missed opportunities for […]

Game-Changing Data Definitions You Cannot Afford to Ignore

In today’s data-driven world, the terms “data governance” and “data stewardship” have become buzzwords, often thrown around without a clear understanding of their significance. However, defining these terms is not about adding complexity, it’s about establishing clarity and accountability and providing a sense of practicality and pragmatism. As I define it, data governance is “the […]

Storytelling with Data: Crafting Compelling Narratives

Imagine you’re in a meeting and the analytics team bombards you with numbers. Sales have dropped by X%. Ad spend has increased by Y%. Cost-per-click is now Z. The meeting ends, and you promptly forget everything. What if the analytics team had instead turned those raw numbers into a memorable narrative? That’s the idea behind […]

How to Use Analytics in Web Development

It may sound a little dramatic, but in today’s ever-evolving world, data is vital. Data can be huge in boosting your business revenue and exposure. Knowing your data means being able to offer continuous improvement and optimization, which in turn will allow you to deliver even better user experiences. You can track who’s looking at your […]

Data Driven Customer Retention Strategies

Data driven marketing strategies supported by customer insights can significantly boost the customer experience, leading to higher customer retention rates. Each customer, or customer segment, is unique, and it is necessary to understand the behaviors and needs of each segment to truly connect with them on a personal level that keeps them coming back for […]

How to Find the Right Tweener for Your Organization

Recently, I attended the CDIO Conference in Boston where I had the pleasure of hearing the two Toms (Tom Redman and Tom Davenport) — gurus of data — introduce the concept of tweeners to the data management world. As I listened to their explanation of a tweener (someone who sits with one foot in data […]

Resilience in Data Services Through Mitigation and Prevention

If your company works with data, then you need to work on securing it. When it’s lost or stolen by hackers, it can mean serious trouble for your organization and your bottom line. You must understand what’s at stake, how the data can be easily lost, the steps you can take today to mitigate the […]

Real-Time Big Data Analytics

Businesses today rely on real-time big data analytics to handle the vast and complex clusters of datasets. Here’s the state of big data today: The forecasted market value of big data will reach $650 billion by 2029. From 2010 to 2020, there has been a 5000% growth in the quantity of data created, captured, and […]

Five “Whys” of Data Cleansing

Data scientists claim that they spend 80% of their time cleansing data and the other 20% of their time complaining about cleansing data. There is clearly something wrong with this picture, but sadly, my own experience can confirm that this seems to be true in practice. In this blog, my goal is to explore why […]

Who Needs A Data Model Anyway?

These days, there is much conversation about the necessity of the data model. The data model has been around for several decades now and can be classified as an artifact of an earlier day and age. But is the data model really out of date? And exactly why do we need a data model, anyway? […]

A Holistic Approach to Govern Data

The concept of being holistic embraces a comprehensive and interconnected view of various aspects of life, considering them as a whole rather than isolated parts. The concept of being holistic emphasizes the understanding that everything in our existence is connected and interdependent, influencing and being influenced by one another. Holistic approaches look to address the […]

The Stranger Things of Data Governance

Non-Invasive Data Governance (NIDG), like the popular Netflix series Stranger Things, offers a mysterious and complex reality for organizations to navigate. I am often asked how it is possible to navigate these realities and implement NIDG in the real world. NIDG involves unraveling the intricacies of management, quality, security, and compliance. Just as the characters […]

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