The Data Administration Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Fit for Purpose data has been a foundational concept of Data Governance for as long as I’ve been in the field…so that’s 10-15 years now. Most data quality definitions take Fit-for-Purpose as a given.

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Precisely

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

According to a recent report on data integrity trends from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business , 41% reported that data governance was a top priority for their data programs. Automating functions in support of data governance provides a range of important benefits.

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Precisely

MARCH 13, 2023

Despite that understanding, many organizations lack a clear framework for organizing, managing, and governing their valuable data assets. In many cases, that realization prompts executive leaders to create a data governance program within their company. In many organizations, that simply isn’t the case.

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Alation

OCTOBER 5, 2021

What is data governance and how do you measure success? Data governance is a system for answering core questions about data. It begins with establishing key parameters: What is data, who can use it, how can they use it, and why? Why is your data governance strategy failing?

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Dataversity

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

A business glossary is a list of data-related terms and definitions, displayed clearly and logically so everyone in an organization can access them. A business glossary is an essential Data Literacy tool and crucial for effective Data Governance. Click to learn more about author Sharad Varshney.

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Alation

JANUARY 20, 2022

In Ryan’s “9-Step Process for Better Data Quality” he discussed the processes for generating data that business leaders consider trustworthy. To be clear, data quality is one of several types of data governance as defined by Gartner and the Data Governance Institute. Step 2: Data Definitions.

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Alation

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And a data breach poses more than just a PR risk — by violating regulations like GDPR , a data leak can impact your bottom line, too. This is where successful data governance programs can act as a savior to many organizations. This begs the question: What makes data governance successful? Where do you start?

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Alation

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The way enterprises implement data governance is changing. In the past, data governance either emphasized exercising tight control over data or fitting people into rigid roles and processes. With both approaches, data governance is a hurdle to productive data & analytics rather than an enabler.

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IBM Journey to AI blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

In our last blog , we introduced Data Governance: what it is and why it is so important. In this blog, we will explore the challenges that organizations face as they start their governance journey. Organizations have long struggled with data management and understanding data in a complex and ever-growing data landscape.

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The Data Governance Institute

AUGUST 7, 2020

Enterprise initiatives such as A move to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), with its need for well-governed data A new focus on Metadata A Master Data Management (MDM) initiative Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Business Process Reengineering (BPR) Standardization on platforms Changes to systems due to new business focus or Merger and Acquisitions (..)

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Pickl AI

APRIL 14, 2023

In this blog, we are going to discuss more on What are Data platforms & Data Governance. Key Highlights As our dependency on data increases, so does the need to have defined governance policies also rises. Here comes the role of Data Governance. Thus reducing the risk and misuse of data.

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Alation

JANUARY 26, 2023

These data requirements could be satisfied with a strong data governance strategy. Governance can — and should — be the responsibility of every data user, though how that’s achieved will depend on the role within the organization. How can data engineers address these challenges directly?

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The Data Governance Institute

AUGUST 6, 2020

For example, companies moving from silo development to enterprise systems may find their application development teams resisting the guidance of Data Architects and Modelers. Formal Data Governance policies, backed by cross-functional Stewards, can give needed weight to architectural positions.

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Alation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The importance of data governance is growing. Here at Alation, we’ve seen the demand for new robust governance capabilities skyrocket in the past year. Alation Data Governance App. The Data Governance App introduces a range of new capabilities to make governance more easy and effective.

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The Data Governance Institute

AUGUST 7, 2020

The scope may be initially limited to rules, roles, and responsibilities for the new system, but sometimes this type of program serves as a prototype for an enterprise Data Governance / Stewardship program.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

JANUARY 3, 2024

When looking at the world of IT and applied to the dichotomy of software and data, Deming’s quote applies to the software part of that pair. Edwards Deming, the father of statistical quality control, said: “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” The analogous […]

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The Data Governance Institute

AUGUST 6, 2020

One of the three most important jobs of a Data Governance program is to help resolve data-related issues. These may be conflicting data definitions, data usage concerns, or problems with how data is sourced, how it is integrated, how it is protected, or a myriad of other issues.

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The Data Governance Institute

AUGUST 6, 2020

Remember our (long) definition for Data Governance? Data Governance is a system of decision rights and accountabilities for information-related processes, executed according to agreed-upon models which describe who can take what actions with what information, and when, under what circumstances, using what methods.”

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Alation

JUNE 14, 2021

And third is what factors CIOs and CISOs should consider when evaluating a catalog – especially one used for data governance. The Role of the CISO in Data Governance and Security. They want CISOs putting in place the data governance needed to actively protect data. So CISOs must protect data.

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Precisely

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

If digital transformation initiatives are to deliver on their promises, they need accurate, consistent, contextualized, and rich data. What Is Data Integrity? Until recently, the business community has lacked a clear and consistent definition of data integrity.

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Julien Simon

JANUARY 9, 2024

If you serve traffic to EU users, you’re in (GDPR-style) Article 3 (Definitions) Article 5 (Prohibited use): hopefully, you’re not doing any of this. Articles 9 to 12 : risk management, data governance, technical documentation, record keeping. Article 6 (Classification rules for high-risk AI systems): that’s a lot of customers.

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The Data Administration Newsletter

MAY 1, 2024

Well, of course, metadata is data. Our standard definition explicitly says that metadata is data describing other data. The reason I ask it is because we seem to think about and manage metadata as somehow different than “normal data” such as business operations […]

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Data Science Blog

MAY 15, 2023

Aber Moment mal, was ist eigentlich ein Data Lakehouse? Der Artikel beginnt mit einer Definition, was ein Lakehouse ist, gibt einen kurzen geschichtlichen Abriss, wie das Lakehouse entstanden ist und zeigt, warum und wie man ein Data Lakehouse aufbauen sollte.

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The Data Governance Institute

AUGUST 6, 2020

These values appear in thousands and millions of transactions; without change control, different repositories storing master and reference data get out of sync. One role of Data Governance is to set the scope of data-related change management and to oversee change management activities.

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Alation

MAY 26, 2022

They represent the three G’s of data governance. (My Here’s what I mean: Nearly two decades ago, a client asked me why you needed good data. When you launch a governance initiative , prepare to witness the 4G’s of data governance: Grumpiness. That’s right, data just got emotional. Grouchiness.

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Alation

JANUARY 19, 2023

The words “ data governance ” and “fun” are seldom spoken together. The term data governance conjures images of restrictions and control that result in an uphill challenge for most programs and organizations from the beginning. Or they are spending too much time preparing the data for proper use.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

As you strive to achieve higher levels of data integrity, data governance becomes imperative. What is Data Governance? Robert Seiner, author of Non-Invasive Data Governance and founder of KIK Consulting, defines data governance as “the execution and enforcement of authority over data.”

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Alation

MARCH 11, 2022

For example, once a new rule is created, a feature like Policy Center will propagate that rule to all data of a certain category throughout the organization. Tip 3: Never, ever skip data governance. Data governance isn’t exactly a trip to Disneyland. For example: “How do we define the term customer?”

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Alation

JULY 15, 2022

And, while change at large organisations is tough, data leaders would be wise to reframe such transformations as business opportunities rather than burdens. The business opportunity: Data governance exposes inefficiency. However, these manual steps weren’t transparent until active data governance required it.

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Alation

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Finance departments often start with the basics, building a business glossary in the Alation Data Catalog to support data-driven reports and decision making. A business glossary helps an organization agree and align on internal definitions. Finance teams soon realize other key benefits of the Alation Data Catalog.

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Alation

APRIL 18, 2023

For any data user in an enterprise today, data profiling is a key tool for resolving data quality issues and building new data solutions. In this blog, we’ll cover the definition of data profiling, top use cases, and share important techniques and best practices for data profiling today.

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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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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

.” Poor data quality impedes the success of data programs, hampers data integration efforts, limits data integrity causing big data governance challenges. To truly succeed in an increasingly data-driven world, organizations need data governance. The results are clear.

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Alation

MAY 24, 2022

generally available on May 24, Alation introduces the Open Data Quality Initiative for the modern data stack, giving customers the freedom to choose the data quality vendor that’s best for them with the added confidence that those tools will integrate seamlessly with Alation’s Data Catalog and Data Governance application.

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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. Data governance at scale.

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Alation

MARCH 8, 2022

And any modern data initiative, especially one for self-service data analytics, requires a formalized and structured approach to data governance. Data Analytics Governance: What You Need to Know. Understanding who is using which data, what data is being used and why, is the crux of good data governance.

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Tableau

JANUARY 31, 2022

“Competitive organizations recognize that future-proofing the workforce is more than just data skills and tools training. For success in the future of work, organizations expand their definition of data literacy, invest in their people, and double-down on Data Culture.” —Wendy Turner-Williams, Chief Data Officer, Tableau.

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