Drivers of Popular Entry Points May 2018 is edging ever closer and with it the enforcement of the GDPR. Informatica has identified four entry points that organizations can use to begin their compliance journey. These entry points have stood up well over the last 12 months. Most organizations I speak to agree with them, and we... more
A data catalog is essential to provide a single place for data discovery for all kinds of data consumers: business users, data analysts and report developers. A large majority of these users have already chosen Tableau as the Business Intelligence and Analytics platform of choice. Informatica’s Enterprise Data Catalog allows data owners and data stewards to curate... more
With Shop.org just around the corner, I am reminded of a conversation I had at last year’s event. One of the attendees (Jim from a large retailer) told me that they have data quality problems but the data was good enough and asked why should they invest in improving something that was acceptable. Initially, I... more
Here we are. Just a few short days away from Informatica World 2017. If you haven’t registered yet, I encourage you to consider coming out and joining us for the most informative data event that you’ll attend all year. And it’s in the heart of San Francisco! If you have registered, perhaps you’re starting to... more
The 2007-2008 global financial crisis led to multiple regulations created to protect citizens, banks and the economy itself. Dodd-Frank, Markets in Financial Instrument Directive (MiFID) II, BCBS 239 etc. all define numerous principles, guidelines and imperatives that need to be complied with, sometimes at very high costs. But even after spending millions of dollars there... more
It is widely understood now that data drives business success. Data today is understood as a strategic asset – a critical ingredient for business innovation, and the currency for digital transformation. Data is now increasingly “owned” by business leaders, partnering with IT to realize the greatest value from their data. For many enterprises, this has... more
Since I started posting to “Cloud Data Management: Notes from the Field,” I’ve talked about my experiences with customers around tying cloud initiatives to business value, and the art of staying on track as other imperatives challenge the ongoing cloud roll out. Today we are going to discuss how Data Governance keeps your journey to... more
Recent research show that more energy from Sun hits the Earth in an hour than the amount of energy we consume in an entire year. That is in fact unimaginable amount of energy. It reminded me of how every IT organization is dealing with the amount, types and volumes of data and data assets that is... more
These days, business leaders know that data is important to execute their strategy. That’s true, but it’s still underestimating the importance of data. The information your business generates and accesses is not merely a tool for operational execution. It’s so essential to the success of a modern business that it must be handled as carefully... more
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 most passion, skill and determination to achieve the outcome they desire. The not-winners are those that... more