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Data governance tools used to occupy a niche in an organization’s tech stack, but those days are gone. The rise of data-driven business and the complexities that come with it ushered in a soft mandate for data governance and data governance tools. Data governance refers to the strategic and ongoing efforts by an organization to […]

Can the 80/20 Rule Be Reversed? erwin released its State of Data Governance Report in February 2018, just a few months before the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect. This research showed that the majority of responding organizations weren’t actually prepared for GDPR, nor did they have the understanding, executive support and budget for […]

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 […]

Untapped data, if mined, represents tremendous potential for your organization. While there has been a lot of talk about big data over the years, the real hero in unlocking the value of enterprise data is metadata, or the data about the data. However, most organizations don’t use all the data they’re flooded with to reach […]

erwin positioned as a Leader in Gartner’s “2019 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions” We were excited to announce earlier today that erwin was named as a Leader in the @Gartner_inc “2019 Magic Quadrant for Metadata Management Solutions.” The report, by the world’s leading research and advisory company, provides a detailed overview of the metadata […]

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 […]

Enterprise architecture (EA) benefits modern organizations in many ways. It provides a holistic, top down view of structure and systems, making it invaluable in managing the complexities of data-driven business. Once considered solely a function of IT, enterprise architecture has historically operated from an ivory tower. It was often siloed from the business at large, […]

The benefits of Data Vault automation from the more abstract – like improving data integrity – to the tangible – such as clearly identifiable savings in cost and time. So Seriously … You Should Automate Your Data Vault  By Danny Sandwell Data Vault is a methodology for architecting and managing data warehouses in complex data […]

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. […]

Strong internal business process modeling and management helps data-driven organizations compete and lead In short, an internal business process is a documented account of how things should be done to maximize efficiency and achieve a particular goal. In the book “Exponential Organizations” by Salim Ismail, Michael S. Malone and Yuri van Geest, the authors, examine […]