In our organizations, much like in life itself, there are activities that you have to do and activities that you want to do. Weighing the pros and cons of prioritizing one over the other can often be a difficult balance. Thankfully, there are instances where the two sides can work together. And this is the case with the widespread and... more
As global organizations build out and mature their data governance and privacy programs as a top goal for 2021, the challenge of unleashing more business-critical data to drive enterprise value creation programs—against the potential harm of data exposure risks—continues to be a work in progress to get right. And the problem is compounded as organizations need to consider consumer privacy laws across the globe. Data privacy governance policies within globalized... more
With Data Privacy Day here once again, you may be asking yourself two common questions: “Aren’t data security and data privacy the same thing?” “How are data privacy and data security different?” A quick search online appears to often intertwine the two topics, so let’s have some fun with a short quiz to test your... more
Delivering trusted data is challenging When it comes to democratizing data use across the enterprise, you could say that we are experiencing a perfect storm. Along with accelerating cloud services adoption by way of application modernization—and building out cloud data warehouses and data lakes for teams to improve collaboration—we now have to address and resolve... more
Implementing a comprehensive enterprise-wide data governance and compliance strategy is a top priority for enterprises of all types and sizes, especially those in regulated industries. Ask any data governance expert, compliance officer, or Chief Data Officer and they will tell you that it is a critical component of their data management strategy. Enterprises today recognize... more
Over the past year, we’ve focused our Data Empowerment Experts series on data governance leaders who are empowering their organizations with trusted data. At the end of the day, empowerment is equal parts data and people. Enterprises need to be concerned that their data can deliver value, and that it can be trusted, easily found, understood, and accessed by the people in their organizations who need... more
As the end of 2020 approaches and the holiday season is in full swing, we’re raising our glasses to celebrate our Informatica customers—our Intelligent Data Disruptors. Our customers have made 2020 a monumental year with their data-driven initiatives. Here are a few success stories we’re excited to shine some extra light on this holiday season:... more
Many industries worldwide deploy a wide variety of Business Applications (BAs) as a channel to offer services and, in return, they can capture, funnel, store and retrieve data which they can use for business activities such as reporting, predictive analytics, and other operations. Depending on the industry type, BAs can provide a wide array of... more
In January of this year, I introduced a new webinar series featuring data governance leaders who are empowering their organizations with trusted data. As part of that series, I’ve had the privilege to sit down each and every month with a collection of experts to highlight their journey, showcase their success, and share their insights on how to get the... more
In my recent blog post, I wrote about the priorities and challenges of chief data officers (CDOs) in the financial services industry, as reported in IDC’s state of the chief data officer (CDO) survey commissioned by Informatica.[1] In this blog, I will look at the opportunity for greater use of the data collected by organizations.... more