Eric Ries’ first book, The Lean Startup, was a must-read for every tech entrepreneur at a newly launched business. Now he’s shifted focus to the established enterprise. His second book, The Startup Way, is aimed squarely at leaders driving change and institutionalizing innovation in large organizations. It’s a practical resource, packed with field-tested advice on... more
Gartner recently published their third annual 2018 Metadata Management MQ and for the third year in a row Informatica was again named a Leader. Why should a business leader care about metadata management and what does it mean to be a leader? Metadata management sounds like something only IT should care about and an IT... more
If you have a Data-driven Strategy, or any kind of strategy, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a way to put it into action! When I was working at Wells Fargo a few years ago in Enterprise Architecture, the CEO, John Stumpf, made the point in this quote “We always say we could leave... more
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 5-6 years or so as a marketing professional supporting a variety of marketing functions. From the outside it may appear as if this... more
Google Cloud Next has grown into a large cloud industry event with more than 25,000 people gathered at the conference in San Francisco this July. Google is investing heavily in bringing its data innovations to Google Cloud and growing the Google Cloud partner ecosystem. Since Diane Greene joined Google Cloud 2 years ago, Google has... more
Pete is a smart guy. He has 15 years of experience in e-business and was hired to help his new company achieve their ambitious sales and e-commerce targets and support the execution of their data-driven digital transformation strategy. After listening to customers, employees and partners, he concludes his company can only grow the e-business with... more
Informatica recently published a Data Strategy Playbook to help CIOs create a comprehensive and successful data strategy that connects all the data across their enterprise. I had the chance to sit down with one of the contributors, Monsanto CIO Jim Swanson, to talk about what does and doesn’t work in building an effective data strategy.... more
With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now in force, business leaders around the world are paying closer attention to how data is governed, collected and shared. This is a good thing, especially when it comes to protecting customer information and improving internal data governance practices. It also supports a growing trend in... more
Increasingly, new data warehouses are being built in the cloud with Google Cloud picking up great momentum. Cloud infrastructure providers have evolved in the past couple of years and many organizations are coming to view cloud data warehouses as more secure, more reliable and more enterprise friendly than the traditional on-premises options. This doesn’t mean... more
Lead with Speed and agility using Microservices We all love Legos, don’t we? I have always been curious how these tiny blocks when assembled in the right way can build massive architectures and even stunning replicas of cities and monuments. Just like Legos, Microservices are the building blocks that help in decoupling massive enterprise solutions... more