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Data intelligence benefits data-driven organizations immensely. Primarily, it’s about helping organizations make more intelligent decisions based on their data. It does this by affording organizations greater visibility and control over “data at rest” in databases, data lakes and data warehouses and “data in motion” as it’s integrated with and used by key applications. For more […]

In my role as chief sales officer, I am fortunate to spend my time with the industry’s most passionate and committed customers. In these highly competitive enterprises and in the new post-COVID era of business, erwin’s customers are laser-focused on helping their businesses enhance their operations through the application of data truths: insights that help […]

Because of its holistic view of an organization, enterprise architecture and mergers & acquisitions (M&A) go hand-in-hand. M&A activity, despite or in light of COVID-19, are on an upswing. The Financial Times reported Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft have made 19 deals so far this year, according to Refinitiv, the London-based global provider of financial market […]

We know these have been unprecedented and challenging times. While tradeshows and conferences may never be the same, social distancing doesn’t mean we stop learning. In fact, opportunities for personal and professional growth are more important than ever. I’m pleased to announce that erwin has decided to host an online conference for our customers, partners, […]

Data modeling supports collaboration among business stakeholders – with different job roles and skills – to coordinate with business objectives. Data resides everywhere in a business, on-premise and in private or public clouds. And it exists across these hybrid architectures in different formats: big and unstructured and traditional structured business data may physically sit in […]

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) or pairwise comparison is a framework for decision making, rooted in mathematics and psychology. The widely used technique was created by Thomas L. Saaty, a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, in the 1970s. Saaty recognized that making decisions is complicated. Knowing how to make the “right” decision […]

Data governance (DG) as an “emergency service” may be one critical lesson learned coming out of the COVID-19 crisis. During times of crises, many of the less critical programs of work may be put on hold however ground-breaking they are. Organizations need to understand what the most critical operational activities are and the most impactful […]

Collaboration is vital to enterprise architecture, and one of the ways to facilitate collaboration is through an enterprise architecture Kanban board. It is an ideal way to manage and track work in progress. Ultimately, the goal of an enterprise architecture initiative is to provide the organization with a complete view of the enterprise, its assets […]

The role of data modeling (DM) has expanded to support enterprise data management, including data governance and intelligence efforts. After all, you can’t manage or govern what you can’t see, much less use it to make smart decisions. Metadata management is the key to managing and governing your data and drawing intelligence from it. Beyond […]

Although there is some crossover, there are stark differences between data architecture and enterprise architecture (EA). That’s because data architecture is actually an offshoot of enterprise architecture. In this post: What Is Data Architecture? The Difference Between Data Architecture and Enterprise Architecture The Value of Data Architecture Data Architecture and Data Modeling The Imperative for […]