Articles
How to Be a Data Shaman
My late wife, Becky Dearborn, was very interested in Native American culture, art, and mythology. Through her…
Reimagining Data Preparation for High-Impact Decision-Making
Data often arrives from multiple sources in inconsistent forms, including duplicate entries from CRM systems, incomplete spreadsheet…
Data Quality: The Hidden Cornerstone of Digital Transformation Success
As organizations rush headlong into digital transformation initiatives, a critical factor often gets overlooked: data quality. In the race…
The CISO’s Recovery-First Game Plan
Chief information security officers (CISOs) have increasingly incorporated cyber storage resilience into their comprehensive corporate…
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Columns
Data Speaks for Itself: Dating in the Data World
I’m sure that you know an interesting story about dating. Finding that right person is not easy and the journey often includes many…
The Art of Lean Governance: Elevating Reconciliation to Primary Control for Data Risk
For decades, data governance in regulated financial institutions has rested on a familiar foundation. Policies are documented, standards are…
Crossing the Data Divide: From Quantum Qubits to Semantic Models
Introduction: Picking Up the Quantum Thread In Part 1 of this two-part series, I confessed that this whole journey was…
The Book Look: Designing Data Products: The Data Products Series Volume I
Data products are a very important part of modern data architecture. Author Mario Meir-Huber is writing a…
Blogs
Data Insights Ensure Quality Data and Confident Decisions
Every business (large or small) creates and depends upon data. One hundred years ago, businesses looked to leaders and experts to…
Preparing CRM Data for AI: Architecture, Quality, and Governance Considerations
Many enterprise AI initiatives continue to struggle — with 95% failing to deliver ROI due to inadequate data infrastructure…
Data Errors in Financial Services: Addressing the Real Cost of Poor Data Quality
Data quality issues continue to plague financial services organizations, resulting in costly fines, operational inefficiencies, and damage…
How Can Data Visualization Help You Achieve Business Results?
Research has shown that many people learn best when they see a story or information depicted in an image. Graphs, charts with colors, lines…
Features
Decentralized, Centralized, and Federated Data Governance
In my discussions with CIOs over the last several years, they have repeatedly told me that they strongly dislike traditional data…
The Role of Citizen Data Scientists vs. Data Scientists in Augmented Analytics
If you are an IT professional, a business manager, or an executive, you have probably been following the progress of the citizen data…
How to Build a Robust Data Architecture for Scalable Business Growth
In the digital age, businesses rely on high-quality, easily accessible data to guide all manner of decisions and encourage growth. However,…
Building Robust Cybersecurity Frameworks with Outdated Infrastructure
Infrastructure security is a leading concern for cybersecurity professionals today. Cybercriminals are targeting industrial systems with…
A New Day in the Life of an Enterprise Storage Admin
A day in the life of an enterprise storage administrator was once mired in a schedule of tedious, manual work while managing…
Combining Traditional and Modern BI Tools
Business Intelligence (BI) solutions have been around for some time. Traditional BI tools were designed to be used by the IT team, business…
Data Governance and Curling
As an avid curler (three to four times per week!), I had an epiphany while on the ice with my team. Our team has been together since 2018…
When the Vendor Defines “Responsible AI”
When veteran human resources leaders ask questions like “Can AI care for the worker?” or praise AI’s potential while their…
LLMs Are Rewriting the Rules of Behavioral Targeting
Marketers missed the real story while they scrambled to rebuild audience targeting without cookies: LLMs weren’t just changing how we…