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Data-Powered Insights Fueled by the “Internet of Master Data”
Master data management (MDM) has come a long way in the past decade or so. When I was supporting my company’s customer master implementation back in 2001, my management was thrilled to simply have a...
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The Internet of Things, So Mom Can Understand
Dear Mom, The Internet of Things, So Mom Can Understand It’s great to hear that you’re feeling pretty hip at your ability to explain data, metadata and Big Data to your friends. I did get your panicked...
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Data, So Mom Can Understand
Republished, by popular demand Dear Mom, I’ve been in the data management industry for over 20 years, and you’ve always been very supportive of my career – even though you admit you have no clue what...
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Metadata, So Mom Can Understand
Republished, by popular demand Dear Mom, I’m glad you enjoyed my last letter explaining what data is and how people in my industry make a living managing it. After that letter, you confidently answered...
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Big Data, So Mom Can Understand
Republished, by popular demand Dear Mom, I’m glad to hear you feel comfortable explaining data to your friends, and I completely understand why you’ll avoid discussing metadata with them. You’re in...
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Why Clean Data is An Asset
Why Clean Data is An AssetIn the early days of data management (let’s say the 1990s-2000s. A lifetime ago – if you’re a millennial!) data quality was a cog in IT’s gears to support each incremental and...
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The Cloud, So Mom Can Understand
Dear Mom, I’m thrilled you’ve embraced the complex world of data with so much interest. In my previous letters, I’ve tried to explain all the hype and excitement around topics like data management,...
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How Bad Data Impacts Critical Stakeholders
How Bad Data Impacts Critical Stakeholders Much has been written about the monetary impacts of poor data quality. A familiar and easy to understand illustration of this is the cost of bad postal...
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Asset in, Garbage Out: Measuring Data Degradation
Republished, by popular demand Following up on the discussion I started on GovernYourData.com (thanks to all who provided great feedback), here’s my full proposal on this topic: Data relevance We all...
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Enabling Data Governance in a Big Data World
As new information management tech trends continue to emerge, I try to evangelize a truism that the core data governance framework, processes and best practices are agnostic of – and should support –...
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The Road to Business Value is Paved with Data
The Road to Business Value is Paved with Data Since the dawn of the information age (a.k.a.: the early 1990’s), data management professionals have waged an eternal battle to justify the required...
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Data Governance, So Mom Can Understand
Dear Mom, I enjoy writing these letters to you, clarifying the abstract concepts and trends that dominate my work-life. I appreciate your interest in understanding my work. Many of my colleagues have...
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Happy Birthday, GovernYourData.com!
I’m proud to announce that GovernYourData.com, the all-things-data-governance-community I created with Informatica, turns 4 in January 2017! Being such a passionate advocate and evangelist for data...
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Digital Transformation, So Mom Can Understand
Dear Mom, Over the past few years, I’ve enjoyed writing several letters to you to help answer many of the questions you have asked to better understand my data management career choice. I know many of...
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It’s Time for Data Governance to Hit Its Stride
I’ve been playing the data governance game for going on 20-plus years now. I call it a game only in that there are winners and … let’s call them … “not-winners.” I see the winners as those with the...
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Artificial Intelligence, So Mom Can Understand
Dear Mom, Artificial Intelligence, So Mom Can Understand Even though my work often mystified you, you and Dad have been my biggest fans throughout my over 25-year data management career. Not...
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Don’t Worry, it’s not You. The Data Governance Finish Line Has Moved
I’ve been a practitioner, analyst and all-around evangelist of data governance for the majority of my career. And during this time, I’ve never lost faith that executive leaders across all industries...
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Everything a Marketer Never Wanted to Know About Data Governance (But Should)
I’ve had an interesting career journey. I spent the first 20 years as either a data management/data governance practitioner, or industry analyst covering the data management space – and only the last...
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Update Your LinkedIn: You’re a Customer Experience Steward
Customer-centric sales and marketing. Customer success. Customer engagement. Customer Journey mapping. Personalized marketing. Customer intimacy. Sentiment analysis. 360-degree view of customer. I’d...
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A Preview of Main Stage Speakers at Informatica World 2019
Amit Walia, President of Products and Marketing, Informatica, will kick off the day! We’ll be hosting our 20th Informatica World from Monday, May 20 to Thursday, May 23 at The Venetian in Las Vegas...
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