Data Catalog Evaluation Spreadsheet

Dec 13, 2021 by Sanjeev Mohan in Guest Blogs

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This Excel spreadsheet (see right) provides a scoring framework for evaluating and ranking multiple data catalog products. It consists of 12 categories, 31 capabilities, and 200+ features for comparing and contrasting data catalog products. You can tailor the criteria and weights to your...

The Five Shades of Observability: Business, Operations, Pipelines, Models, and Data Quality

Dec 13, 2021 by Kevin Petrie in Decoding Data Software

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It’s tempting to dismiss observability as another overused buzzword. But this emerging discipline offers substantive methods for enterprises to monitor and optimize business metrics, IT operations, data pipelines, machine learning models, and data quality.

Keys to Data Success: Lessons from “Fail Fast, Learn Faster”

Dec 13, 2021 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Randy Bean’s new book, Fail Fast, Learn Faster, chronicles the Big Data revolution and offers pithy advice to data leaders distilled from consulting work.

The Key to Organizing Data Analysts: Federate!

Dec 13, 2021 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Federating data analysts provides all the benefits of both decentralized and centralized models with few of the downsides.

Trends in Data Catalogs: The Promise and Reality

Dec 06, 2021 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Data catalogs sit at the intersection of self-service analytics, data governance, and metadata management. They are a key ingredient of a successful data and analytics program. Most companies plan to implement a data catalog soon if they have not done so already. This report highlights trends in...