Data Governance 2.0: The CIO’s Guide to Collaborative Data Governance

In the data-driven era, CIO’s need a solid understanding of data governance 2.0 … Data governance (DG) is no longer about just compliance or relegated to the confines of IT. Today, data governance needs to be a ubiquitous part of your organization’s culture. As the CIO, your stakeholders include both IT and business users in […]

Happy Halloween! Do you know where your data is? What data you have? Who has had access to it? These can be frightening questions for an organization to answer. Add to the mix the potential for a data breach followed by non-compliance, reputational damage and financial penalties and a real horror story could unfold. In […]

Architect Everything: New use cases for enterprise architecture are increasing enterprise architect’s stock in data-driven business As enterprise architecture has evolved, so to have the use cases for enterprise architecture. Analyst firm Ovum recently released a new report titled Ovum Market Radar: Enterprise Architecture. In it, they make the case that enterprise architecture (EA) is […]

Data governance isn’t a one-off project with a defined endpoint. It’s an on-going initiative that requires active engagement from executives and business leaders. Data governance, today, comes back to the ability to understand critical enterprise data within a business context, track its physical existence and lineage, and maximize its value while ensuring quality and security. […]

For regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR) and to ensure peak business performance, organizations often bring consultants on board to help take stock of their data assets. This sort of data governance “stock check” is important but can be arduous without the right approach and technology. That’s where data governance comes in … While most companies hold […]

Much like the hospitality industry, digital transformation in retail has been a huge driver of change. One important fact is getting lost among all of the talk of “the retail apocalypse” and myriad stories about increasingly empty shopping malls: there’s a lot of money to be made in retail. In fact, the retail market was […]

The rate at which organizations have adopted data-driven strategies means there are a wealth of digital transformation examples for organizations to draw from. By now, you probably recognize this recurring pattern in the discussions about digital transformation: An industry set in its ways slowly moves toward using information technology to create efficiencies, automate processes or […]

Organizations have been served yet another reminder of the value of data governance for data security. Hotel and hospitality powerhouse Marriott recently revealed a massive data breach that led to the theft of personal data for an astonishing 500 million customers of its Starwood hotels. This is the second largest data breach in recent history, surpassed only […]

For organizations operating in financial services data governance is becoming increasingly more important. When financial services industry board members and executives gathered for EY’s Financial Services Leadership Summit in early 2018, data was a major topic of conversation. Attendees referred to data as “the new oil” and “the new currency,” and with good reason. Financial […]

Getting the most out of your data requires getting a handle on data lineage. That’s knowing what data you have, where it is, and where it came from – plus understanding its quality and value to the organization. But you can’t understand your data in a business context much less track data lineage, its physical […]