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Faster, better, cheaper. That’s the mantra of a new breed of data catalog that is easy to use, geared to business users, and built natively for the cloud. These next-generation data catalogs offer 80% of the functionality of incumbent data catalogs at half the price. They are gaining ground quickly, adding features faster than we could document for this report!

This webinar reviews the findings from a new report that evaluates and scores next-generation data catalog products. Authors Wayne Eckerson and Lyndsay Wise will discuss market trends driving this new breed of products and discuss differentiators among five next-generation data catalogs: CastorDoc, Metaphor, SelectStar, ThinkData Works, and Zeenea.

This Webinar Will:

● Define next-generation data catalog and trends driving its adoption

● Profile five vendors that offer next-generation data catalogs

● Help readers create a short list of products to evaluate

● Explain the methodology behind the evaluation

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Self-service has been the holy grail of data & analytics leaders for two decades. Business users have demanded it, executives have begged for it. Yet, most organizations still don't have it.

Industry veteran, Wayne Eckerson, has researched, written, and consulted on self-service for more than 25 years. He says that self-service does not come from giving business people an easy-to-use tool or putting them through literacy training. It results from doing everything else right in the data domain. In other words, self-service is an outcome, not an input to a well-run data program.

What are the ingredients for self-service success? In this webinar, Eckerson discusses how to design a data environment that empowers business users without creating chaos. The key is to design the right operating model, a disciplined data architecture, a robust data governance program, a multi-tiered training and support, and yes, of course, implement the right tools. Once those are in place, self-service blossoms naturally, Eckerson says.

You Will Learn:

● Why self-service is so elusive

● Why self-service often creates more problems than it solves.

● How to balance self-service with governance

● How to tailor self-service to user personas

● How to design a data environment that foster self-service

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There is a saying, "If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." Many data teams work tactically, heads down, responding endlessly to requests, without a plan how to harness data to support the organization's direction and goals. Eventually, the team implodes, burned out from too many long work days and constant carping by unhappy data consumers.

Every data team needs a living, breathing data strategy. It is a communications vehicle that shows executives what they'll get for their investments in data; it tells department heads and staff the data services they'll receive and when; and it aligns the data team, giving them direction and purpose.

This webinar brings together industry experts and data leaders to discuss the what, why, and how of data strategies. This discussion is guaranteed to help your organization get more value from its data.

You Will Learn:

● What is a data strategy and its core components

● Why is a data strategy needed and how do you keep it up to date?

● How to sell a data strategy to executives

● How top data leaders create effective data strategies.

● Sample frameworks from effective data strategies.

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This webinar gives data and business leaders a headstart in learning how to transform their data and analytics programs into product organizations. It will describe the roles, processes, and technologies required to become a product-driven organization and provide checklists and frameworks to simplify the transformation. Besides our experts at Eckerson Group, the webinar features Henrik Strandberg, a data leader who built a data products organization and Anthony Cosgrove whose software company offers a data product platform for publishing, consuming, and sharing data products.

This conversational webinar is divided into three sections and is based on content in our “Guide to Data Products” webpage.

● Understand. Learn what defines a data product and what a data product is not. Understand the benefits and challenges of implementing data products and industry trends.

● Plan. Step through a readiness checklist and maturity model that explain what it takes to launch and grow a data product organization. And learn how to evaluate and select best-in-class data marketplace platforms

● Implement. Learn about a data product playbook that steps your team through the process of creating a data product organization and implementing a data marketplace platform.

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An important feature we highlight of Modern Data Architectures for Analytics is the concept of data zones, areas of data storage that satisfy diverse types of data consumption. 

A deeper dive into these zones explains their purpose, when they’re needed, why they make data management simpler, and why the consumers of our data love them. 

You Will Learn:

• The three zones everyone needs

• Zones for governance and quality control

• Data sharing and exchange capabilities

• Integration and real-time data

• Sandboxes and discovery

Consultant: Carlos Bossy, Senior Consultant, Eckerson Group  

About the What Works Series:   

The What Works Series provides data and analytics leaders practical advice about how to succeed in key areas: data strategy, data architecture, data governance, data literacy, self-service analytics, and emerging technology approaches. These interactive sessions are delivered by Eckerson Group consultants who collectively have 200+ years of data & analytics experience. The sessions are unsponsored, enabling our experts to offer the unvarnished truth about trends, tools, and technology unfiltered by software vendors.