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Data Governance Program: Ensuring a Successful Delivery

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And while IT should never be the data owner for business data, research from Digital Trailblazer author and former CIO Isaac Sacolick shows that 40 percent of business leaders “just want IT to fix the data and deliver reports.” Sacolick recommends that data leaders “Remember to ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid.’

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CIOs Make the Business Case for a Data Catalog

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In this new remote-work era, former CIO Isaac Sacolick argues that IT teams need to do three things: Catalog and label data (they need to know where it is, and the data’s sensitivity). This problem is what Sacolick calls dark data. Identify data owners (even if they’re not ready to handle the responsibilities, and.

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8 Reasons Why Digital Transformations Fail (11 CIOs Weigh In)

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To ensure the success of what author Geoffrey Moore calls “the transformation zone”, everyone needs to be on board with the changes. ” 6.

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Self-Service BI vs Traditional BI: What’s Next?

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One of our authors participated in one such project during that period.). Former CIO Isaac Sacolick reflects on this data-inefficient past: “Remember the days when reporting was centralized in IT? This is why author and consultant Geoffrey Moore famously argued that software move from systems of record to systems of engagement.

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The Role of the Data Catalog in Data Security

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Isaac Sacolick, Former Business Week CIO, agrees with the importance of data governance. The main challenge is articulating the importance and responsibilities to get people actively involved in data governance,” Sacolick concludes. He says IT teams must do three key things. Limit usage for BI, applications, etc.

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Cloud Data Warehouse Migration 101: Expert Tips

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“Cloud data warehouses can provide a lot of upfront agility, especially with serverless databases,” says former CIO and author Isaac Sacolick. Yet the cloud, according to Sacolick, doesn’t come cheap. “A Sacolick agrees, “Sadly, lift and shift often leads to more than two migrations.”

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8 Best Practices for On-Premises to Cloud Migration

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Authentication, authorization, logging, and auditing are part of your cloud platform, so you have a single location to streamline all security activities. CIO Isaac Sacolick argues that organizations should avoid lift and shift migrations. All of these benefits culminate with having a centralized location for security.