Tag Archives: Data Governance

Informatica Positioned in the Recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for MDM

Gartner recently published its annual Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management of Customer Data Solutions, which “positions MDM of customer data solution vendors (and their products) on the basis of their Completeness of Vision relative to the market and their Ability to Execute on that vision.” The growth of MDM market has been phenomenal – [...]

Reading The Tea Leaves: Predictions For Data Quality In 2012

Following up from my previous post on 2011 reflections, it’s now time to take a look at the year ahead and consider what key trends will likely impact the world of data quality as we know it. As I mentioned in my previous post, we saw continued interest in data quality across all industries and [...]

Optimize Data Warehouses with Data Usage Monitoring and Data Warehouse Archiving

Data warehouses are applications– so why not manage them like one? In fact, data grows at a much faster rate in data warehouses, since they integrate date from multiple applications and cater to many different groups of users who need different types of analysis. Data warehouses also keep historical data for a long time, so [...]

Data Storage Is So Cheap Its Expensive

The cost for 1GB of magnetic disk storage 20 years ago was $1,000 – now it’s eight cents. 1GB is enough to store about 20 thousand letter-size scanned documents. To store the same number of paper documents would require two four-drawer filing cabinets which would cost about $400. The cost of electronic data storage is [...]

How IT can Kill Great Brands with Modernization, and How to Prevent It

Recently, one Sunday afternoon, my wife told me her purchased airline reservation for Monday had disappeared.  A few days ago it was there, then suddenly it was gone.  Apparently she was not alone.  Complaints were coming in online. Support was overwhelmed. In fact, Twitter seemed to be the only way to get a quick response, [...]