Master Data Management Rebooted

Sep 19, 2016 by Julie Hunt in Knocking Down Silos

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A main goal of Master Data Management has been to make sense of all the data that touches the organization and generate trusted, ready-to-go master data. Traditional approaches for MDM implementations have faltered for several reasons. Many people think that MDM is only about technology. In...

A Reference Architecture for Self-Service Analytics

Sep 01, 2016 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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To succeed with self-service analytics, organizations need a reference architecture that maps business users, technology, and developers to an information supply chain designed to turn data and insights into action. The architecture shows how to stitch self-service capabilities into the supply...

Kognitio Seeks New Life with Free Software for Hadoop

Sep 01, 2016 by Henry H. Eckerson in Industry News and Analysis

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In an effort to shake up a fast-growing market, Kognitio recently announced a free version of its software that runs on Hadoop with no data limitations. Kognitio’s announcement is an attempt to re-introduce itself to the market and demonstrate that its in-memory MPP technology is superior to...

Self-Service Analytics: Six-Steps to Success

Aug 31, 2016 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Self-service analytics sounds great: the business gets the information it wants, how it wants it, and the IT department offloads custom report development to the business. Unfortunately, this win-win proposition is not so easy to pull off in reality. It requires achieving a fine balance between...

Part IV. How Watermarks Can Transform Your BI Program

Aug 29, 2016 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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A report watermark is the visible evidence of a data governance process that enables organizations to combat spreadmarts and renegade reporting environments without unduly repressing self-service activity. The existence of a watermark can totally transform a Wild West, self-service reporting...