The Data Administration Newsletter

APRIL 20, 2021

Steve Hoberman has been a long-time contributor to The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com), including his The Book Look column since 2016, and his The Data Modeling Addict column years before that.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Over the past few months, my team in Castlebridge and I have been working with clients delivering training to business and IT teams on data management skills like data governance, data quality management, data modelling, and metadata management.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

AUGUST 31, 2021

Can the responsibilities for vocabulary ownership and data ownership by business stakeholders be separate? I have listened to many presentations and read many articles about data governance (or data stewardship if you prefer), but I have never come across anyone saying they can and should be. Should they be?

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Smart Data Collective

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In this article, you’ll discover: upcoming trends in business intelligence what benefits will BI provide for businesses in 2020 and on? Business intelligence software will be more geared towards working with Big Data. Data Governance. One issue that many people don’t understand is data governance.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

IT also is the change agent fostering an enterprise-wide culture that prizes data for the impact it makes as the basis for all informed decision-making. Culture change can be hard, but with a flexible data governance framework, platform, and tools to power digital transformation, you can accelerate business growth.

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Tableau

OCTOBER 14, 2021

IT also is the change agent fostering an enterprise-wide culture that prizes data for the impact it makes as the basis for all informed decision-making. Culture change can be hard, but with a flexible data governance framework, platform, and tools to power digital transformation, you can accelerate business growth.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Data Mesh and Data as a Product In the first article, I introduced and explained the approach to application development called Domain-Driven Development (or DDD), explained some of the Data Management concerns with this approach, and described how a well-constructed data model can add value to a DDD project by helping to create the Ubiquitous […]. (..)

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The Data Administration Newsletter

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

My new book, Data Model Storytelling[i], describes how data models can be used to tell the story of an organization’s relationships with its Stakeholders (Customers, Suppliers, Dealers, Regulators, etc.), The book describes, […].

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Dataversity

JUNE 19, 2023

In part one of this article, we discussed how data testing can specifically test a data object (e.g., table, column, metadata) at one particular point in the data pipeline.

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ODSC - Open Data Science

APRIL 28, 2023

As much as data quality is critical for AI, AI is critical for ensuring data quality, and for reducing the time to prepare data with automation. Data quality also works hand in hand with data governance. How does this all tie into AI/ML? Tendü received her Ph.D.

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Pickl AI

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Summary: The fundamentals of Data Engineering encompass essential practices like data modelling, warehousing, pipelines, and integration. Understanding these concepts enables professionals to build robust systems that facilitate effective data management and insightful analysis. What is Data Engineering?

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ODSC - Open Data Science

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

As data lakes gain prominence as a preferred solution for storing and processing enormous datasets, the need for effective data version control mechanisms becomes increasingly evident. Without proper version control, different users may inadvertently overwrite or modify data, leading to potential data integrity issues and confusion.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

AUGUST 7, 2024

My column today is a follow-up to my article “The Challenge of Data Consistency,” published in the May 2023 issue of this newsletter. In that article, I discussed how semantic encoding (also called concept encoding) is the go-to solution for consistently representing master data entities such as customers and products.

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AWS Machine Learning Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Data and governance foundations – This function uses a data mesh architecture for setting up and operating the data lake, central feature store, and data governance foundations to enable fine-grained data access. Sovik has published articles and holds a patent in ML model monitoring.

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ODSC - Open Data Science

JUNE 12, 2023

This article is an excerpt from the book Expert Data Modeling with Power BI, Third Edition by Soheil Bakhshi, a completely updated and revised edition of the bestselling guide to Power BI and data modeling. No-code/low-code experience using a diagram view in the data preparation layer similar to Dataflows.

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Heartbeat

DECEMBER 7, 2023

What are the new data governance trends, “Data Fabric” and “Data Mesh”? I decided to write a series of blogs on current topics: the elements of data governance that I have been thinking about, reading, and following for a while. Advantages: Consistency ensures trust in data governance.

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Pickl AI

JUNE 23, 2023

And to effectively harness the power of data, organizations are adopting data-centric architectures in AI. But what exactly is data-centric architecture in AI? In this article, we will delve deep into this topic, exploring its significance, benefits, and implementation strategies. So, let’s get started!

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Precisely

MARCH 27, 2023

Staffed by experienced enterprise professionals with an average of nearly 25 tenure years, Precisely Strategic Services is proud to have earned a reputation as a top-tier data-centric management consulting organization. This article offers a few examples that illustrate some of the most popular use cases for data-driven strategic services.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 17, 2024

Eric Siegel’s “The AI Playbook” serves as a crucial guide, offering important insights for data professionals and their internal customers on effectively leveraging AI within business operations.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

This is a follow-up article to last quarter’s “A Step Ahead: Categories – Boon or Bane.” I think this is very true of data and how we view it. It’s difficult to get out of our box and view data differently […] There’s an old cliché that says, “To a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”

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Dataversity

MAY 1, 2023

Many organizations have mapped out the systems and applications of their data landscape. Many have modeled their data domains and key attributes. The remainder of this point of view will explain why connecting […] The post Connecting the Three Spheres of Data Management to Unlock Value appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The Irish satirist Jonathan Swift wrote “Gulliver’s Travels” almost 300 years ago, but the story of Lemuel Gulliver’s journey to Lilliput and beyond has resonance for data leaders today. There are important lessons to learn from the little people of Lilliput and the challenges encountered by the eponymous Gulliver.

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Precisely

MARCH 9, 2023

Data warehouse vs. data lake, each has their own unique advantages and disadvantages; it’s helpful to understand their similarities and differences. In this article, we’ll focus on a data lake vs. data warehouse. Precisely helps enterprises manage the integrity of their data.

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ODSC - Open Data Science

APRIL 26, 2023

Because of this, they will be required to work closely with business stakeholders, data teams, and even other tech-focused members of an organization to sure that the needs of the organization are met and comply with overall business objectives. Here, you can upload your resume and get matched with jobs in AI fit for your skillset.

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phData

MAY 13, 2024

This article was co-written by Justin Delisi & Sam Hall. Difficulty in moving non-SAP data into SAP for analytics which encourages data silos and shadow IT practices as business users search for ways to extract the data (which has data governance implications).

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Alation

APRIL 26, 2021

One per data source. Data modeling, database design, documentation of data sources. Data governance, requirements analysis. By leveraging Alation’s wiki-like articles, users can @mention and link another data asset, person, or group in Alation. One per organization. Application. Conclusion.

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Dataversity

APRIL 5, 2021

However, most enterprises are hampered by data strategies that leave teams flat-footed when […]. The post Why the Next Generation of Data Management Begins with Data Fabrics appeared first on DATAVERSITY. Click to learn more about author Kendall Clark. The mandate for IT to deliver business value has never been stronger.

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Pickl AI

JULY 25, 2023

Two prominent roles that play a crucial part in this data-driven landscape are Data Scientists and Data Engineers. Data Quality and Governance Ensuring data quality is a critical aspect of a Data Engineer’s role. Data Warehousing: Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, etc.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JUNE 21, 2022

Twenty-five years ago today, I published the first issue of The Data Administration Newsletter. It only took a few months to recognize that there was an audience for an “online” publication focused on data administration. […].

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Mlearning.ai

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

In this article, you’ll discover what a Snowflake data warehouse is, its pros and cons, and how to employ it efficiently. The platform enables quick, flexible, and convenient options for storing, processing, and analyzing data. Data Security and Governance Maintaining data security is crucial for any company.

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Dataversity

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Enterprises are modernizing their data platforms and associated tool-sets to serve the fast needs of data practitioners, including data scientists, data analysts, business intelligence and reporting analysts, and self-service-embracing business and technology personnel. Click to learn more about author Tejasvi Addagada.

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The MLOps Blog

JUNE 27, 2023

As you delve into the landscape of MLOps in 2023, you will find a plethora of tools and platforms that have gained traction and are shaping the way models are developed, deployed, and monitored. Model versioning, lineage, and packaging : Can you version and reproduce models and experiments? Can you render audio/video?

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The Data Administration Newsletter

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Do you love or hate organizing papers and objects in your home? For those that hate it, why do you hate it? I like the results of organizing: reduction of clutter and ease of finding things. But I hate the process of organizing. The reason usually has to do with the fact that the object […]

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 3, 2023

In Part 1, we discussed the front end of the lifecycle – developing requirements for, and selecting data sources.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 5, 2021

One exception is Telling Your Data Story: Data […]. Sometimes I like to read a book purely for pleasure, like a good Dan Brown or Stephen King novel, and sometimes I like to read a book to learn something new. There are not many books that I read for both pleasure and to learn new things.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Setting the Stage: Data as a Business Asset This column presents a new model for licensing and sharing data, one that I call the “Decision Rights Data Licensing Model” (or the “Decision Rights Model,” in a shorter form) and one that has been met with acceptance in commercial transactions.

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Dataversity

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.” – Russell L.

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