Alation

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Master Data Management (MDM) and data catalog growth are accelerating because organizations must integrate more systems, comply with privacy regulations, and address data quality concerns. What Is Master Data Management (MDM)? Data Catalog and Master Data Management. Identify Resources.

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Alation

AUGUST 30, 2022

we are introducing Alation Anywhere, extending data intelligence directly to the tools in your modern data stack, starting with Tableau. We continue to make deep investments in governance, including new capabilities in the Stewardship Workbench, a core part of the Data Governance App. Centralization of metadata.

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IBM Data Science in Practice

MARCH 8, 2023

Hidden Technical Debt in Machine Learning Systems More money, more problems — Rise of too many ML tools 2012 vs 2023 — Source: Matt Turck People often believe that money is the solution to a problem. This complexity is compounded even further by the need to manage data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

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IBM Journey to AI blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

People analytics is at the center of Human Resources (HR) strategy. Companies rely heavily on data and analytics to find and retain talent, drive engagement, and improve productivity. However, analytics are only as good as the quality of the data, which aims to be error-free, trustworthy, and transparent. What is data quality?

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Alation

JANUARY 24, 2023

Most organisations are seeking to be data-driven because they believe in the value of data to inform key decisions at all levels, making data management absolutely critical. Business leaders already know about the importance of building a data culture in their organisation, and many have long since embarked on that journey.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Data catalogs have quickly become a core component of modern data management. Organizations with successful data catalog implementations see remarkable changes in the speed and quality of data analysis, and in the engagement and enthusiasm of people who need to perform data analysis.

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Alation

JANUARY 10, 2023

And implementing a data catalog is no different. From helping analysts search and find the data they need to promoting data as an asset, there are many ways data catalogs can add value to your organisation. Three reasons companies adopt a data catalog. Upgrading an existing catalog.

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Alation

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Among all the internal celebrations, I wanted to take this moment to reflect on our journey so far and ask a thought-provoking question: who is the GOAT of data catalogs ? December 2012: Alation forms and goes to work creating the first enterprise data catalog. What Is a GOAT? Muhammad Ali for boxing. Source: Squarespace.

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IBM Journey to AI blog

MAY 9, 2024

The healthcare industry faces arguably the highest stakes when it comes to data governance. For starters, healthcare organizations constantly encounter vast (and ever-increasing) amounts of highly regulated personal data. healthcare, managing the accuracy, quality and integrity of data is the focus of data governance.

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Alation

JULY 19, 2021

Metadata is information about data. A clothing catalog or dictionary are both examples of metadata repositories. Indeed, a popular online catalog, like Amazon, offers rich metadata around products to guide shoppers: ratings, reviews, and product details are all examples of metadata. Why Is Metadata Important? Types of Metadata.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In business, data-based goals tend to be very tangible. Perhaps you want to boost your ROI or CAGR, or reduce the time your analysts spend accessing and leveraging data. In this blog we’ll describe digital transformation: how it can be achieved as well as how it can benefit your business. But first you need to define them.

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IBM Journey to AI blog

JUNE 12, 2023

People analytics is at the center of human resources (HR) strategy and planning. Companies rely heavily on data and analytics to find and retain talent, drive engagement, improve productivity and more across enterprise talent management. According to a Gartner report , poor data quality costs organizations an average of USD 12.9

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Today, Alation is the leading data catalog. Early on, we focused on three goals: Ease of deployment … so you can launch the catalog in days… Human-centric search … and start using it to find great data instantly… Usage and collaboration … and collaborate to leverage new insights fast.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In an earlier blog, I defined a data catalog as “a collection of metadata, combined with data management and search tools, that helps analysts and other data users to find the data that they need, serves as an inventory of available data, and provides information to evaluate fitness data for intended uses.”.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

But what does it mean for an organisation to be truly data-driven? What foundation needs to be in place at the start, and what journey does an organisation need to embrace to benefit from the forensic insights their data can reveal? This requires: Data is embedded into the processes of the organisation.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Alation achieves a top-rank for Innovation within the peer group Data Governance Products , according to BARC’s The Data Management Survey 22. Alation was ranked #1 in two KPIs within the Data Governance Products peer group: Innovation and Innovation Power. We use it as a central hub for all things data.

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Alation

JANUARY 9, 2023

No matter where you reside, it seems as if significant data breaches happen almost weekly. A recent flurry of data breaches resulting in the disclosure of private data covering tens of millions of Australians has renewed the visibility of regulations that compel organisations to better protect consumer data.

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Alation

APRIL 5, 2022

Data Management Meets Human Management. A well-oiled data governance machine comprises many parts, but what’s the most vital component? You and anyone else at your organization who uses data. Not everyone has to be a data expert — leave that to the actual experts. The Data Management Pizza Pie.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In a recent blog, titled Collaboration and Crowdsourcing with Data Cataloging , I discussed the importance of participation by all data stakeholders as a key to getting maximum value from your data catalog. This build-it-and-they-will-come approach fails to engage people to actively use the catalog.

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

During my four years with Tableau, I’ve had the privilege to engage with amazing people who gave the gift of content, from beginner to advanced—spanning blogs, videos, Tweets, podcasts, and more. . Some people tell me they aspire to share, but they’re too shy or intimidated. Your story is unique and so is your perspective.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

That was my earliest taste of data lineage. It was a telling introduction, as the complexity of interpreting the captured metadata posed an obstacle too vast for most people to overcome, lessening the product’s value. The business analysts were dealing with a problem that may sound familiar to folks in the data management space.

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Alation

JUNE 22, 2021

Of the three pillars of data culture, data literacy is the most challenging to achieve, since it requires broad up-skilling across the organization and, sometimes, fighting human nature itself. According to Gartner, poor data literacy is ranked as the second-biggest internal roadblock to the success of the chief data officer (CDO).

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Tableau

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

During my four years with Tableau, I’ve had the privilege to engage with amazing people who gave the gift of content, from beginner to advanced—spanning blogs, videos, Tweets, podcasts, and more. . Some people tell me they aspire to share, but they’re too shy or intimidated. Your story is unique and so is your perspective.

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AWS Machine Learning Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Specifically, we briefly introduce MLOps principles and focus on the main differentiators compared to FMOps and LLMOps regarding processes, people, model selection and evaluation, data privacy, and model deployment. These data owners are focused on providing access to their data to multiple business units or teams.

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Alation

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

To be competitive, organizations are trying to create a data culture. But what IS a data culture ? A data culture empowers everyone in your organization with data-driven insights, which enable you to easily collaborate around shared goals to improve your organization. But creating a data culture is not easy.

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IBM Journey to AI blog

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Today, we’re announcing that Alation has closed a $50 million Series C funding led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from new investor Salesforce Ventures and our existing investors Costanoa Ventures, DCVC (Data Collective), Harmony Partners and Icon Ventures. And, the data catalog market has had a year of incredible growth.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Data curation is a term that has recently become a common part of data management vocabulary. Data curation is important in today’s world of data sharing and self-service analytics, but I think it is a frequently misused term. Curating data involves much more than storing data in a shared database.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to the cloud, you want verifiable value — not a data diaspora. By now, the advantages of moving data to the cloud are obvious. Yet there’s more to a cloud migration strategy than, well, simply choosing to moving data to the cloud: How long will migration take? The Power of Partnership. Amazon EMR. Amazon Athena.

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Alation

APRIL 14, 2023

Last week, the Alation team had the privilege of joining IT professionals, business leaders, and data analysts and scientists for the Modern Data Stack Conference in San Francisco. The show floor was buzzing with industry experts, networking and sharing valuable insights on the latest developments in the data space.

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Alation

MARCH 1, 2023

How are blockchain organizations tackling data management? To learn the answer, we sat down with Karla Kirton , Data Architect at Blockdaemon, a blockchain company, to discuss data strategy , decentralization, and how implementing Alation has supported them. What is your data strategy and how did you begin to implement it?

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Tableau

JULY 20, 2022

Striking a balance between data security and availability is difficult, especially when data is locked behind credentials you can't share out. Striking a balance between data security and availability is difficult, especially when data is locked behind credentials you can't share out. July 21, 2022. The Tableau 2022.2

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Tableau

JULY 20, 2022

Striking a balance between data security and availability is difficult, especially when data is locked behind credentials you can't share out. Striking a balance between data security and availability is difficult, especially when data is locked behind credentials you can't share out. July 21, 2022. The Tableau 2022.2

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Alation

MARCH 14, 2023

Data gathering and use pervades almost every business function these days — and it’s widely acknowledged that businesses with a clear strategy around data are best placed to succeed in competitive, challenging markets such as defence. What is a data strategy? Why is a data strategy important?

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Alation

MARCH 29, 2023

They help our customers architect their modern data stack , tying in Snowflake or Fivetran where they’re needed, for example. They’re also instrumental in connecting us to the key decision-makers that need a data intelligence platform. That experience taught me what people are looking for. They can trust us.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As we expand further into global markets, it is important that our organization reflect not only our company values but can also relate to the wants and needs of the people we solve problems for. But beyond the numbers, statistics and bragging rights, what are the real impacts of being surrounded by such a diverse group of people?

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Alation

MAY 24, 2022

In a sea of questionable data, how do you know what to trust? Data quality tells you the answer. It signals what data is trustworthy, reliable, and safe to use. It empowers engineers to oversee data pipelines that deliver trusted data to the wider organization. It affects everyone who produces and consumes data.

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