Data Governance
A business program that oversees the people, processes, policies, and standards required to manage data assets. A good data governance strategy balances openness and control, enabling companies to minimize risk and leverage data to its fullest.
Report
January 29, 2024 Too many data leaders overlook a critical component of a data-driven organization: metadata governance. Metadata improves data usability, governance, and trust. Organizations that embrace the full potential of metadata will have a competitive advantage and fewer issues with data.
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Blog
December 6, 2016 As data lakes have increasingly turned to data swamps, the question of good data governance has again come to the fore.
Blog
January 17, 2017 As data lakes have increasingly turned to data swamps, how to achieve good data governance is becoming critical.
Blog
February 19, 2024 With the increasing adoption of Generative AI, learn how data governance will add value to and benefit from Generative AI.
Blog
March 14, 2022 Most organizations are just starting their data governance journeys and need to address various challenges before they deliver value.
Podcast
This 30-minute podcast reveals the secrets to Kevin Sonky's success as senior director of business intelligence at Citrix Systems.
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Blog
February 6, 2014 Most of my clients recognize the value of data—or rather, the pain of inconsistent and poor quality data. This article discusses the two of the biggest...
Blog
February 7, 2014 This article addresses the key challenge facing most global companies: lack of a common vocabulary for doing business. Internally, companies are a...
Blog
February 9, 2014 Abstract: This article describes the top-down and bottom-up worlds of data governance and how they play off each other. In the top-down world, governing...
Blog
December 15, 2014 I’m often asked how many data stewards a company needs. Depending on the degree of complexity in the company, the degree of automation, what data...
Report
March 1, 2016 This in-depth report shows how modern BI platforms blend the best of both top-down and bottom-up BI in a governed discovery environment that tailors self-service capabilities to business users based on their roles, responsibilities, proclivities, and skills. It concludes by providing a comprehensive set of evaluation criteria that can help organizations select a governed data discovery tool that balances freedom and control and meets their enterprise requirements.
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Blog
October 14, 2020 This five-part series dives into data governance and privacy management best practices to help you efficiently manage personal information.
Blog
November 11, 2020 Part two of this five-part series on data governance and privacy management best practices focuses on building alignment for your privacy program...
Blog
January 12, 2021 This article, the third in a series, describes how to increase data privacy awareness and program effectiveness within your organization.
Whitepaper
January 29, 2018 This report lays a foundation for a modernized approach to data governance that is business-focused. We examine the types of data policies that must be...
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