Data Lakehouses: The Key to Unlocking the Value of Your Unstructured Data
For many years, organizations relied on the structured data in their data warehouses for all their data needs. However, since the rise of unstructured and semistructured data, many organizations have begun employing a combination of data warehouses and data lakes for data storage. Often, that means moving unstructured raw data from data lakes to more […]
Data Modeling and Data Models: Not Just for Database Design
“The main purpose of a data model is actually not to design a database—it’s to describe a business,” said Christopher Bradley, information strategist at DMA Advisors. Bradley spoke at the DATAVERSITY® Data Architecture Online conference about the purpose of Data Modeling and its role in Data Governance and the modern successful business. Big Data: Are Models Obsolete? Data […]
The Changing Role of the Chief Data Officer
In a 2005 interview, Usama Fayyad described his recent appointment as Yahoo’s chief data officer (CDO), a role that had been introduced in the business world only a few years prior. He defined a CDO as: “Someone to lead all strategic data activities and to represent data as a strategic asset that DRIVES business and […]
5 Steps to Implementing a Modern Data Fabric Framework
The data fabric continues to be heralded as the modern data management solution for many organizations. The increasing number of data sources and data volumes, and multi- and hybrid cloud environments, combined with antiquated batch processes and transformation workflows, have made it nearly impossible for businesses to satisfy their need for real-time connected data. This […]
Trends in Data Architecture
What role have Data Management and Data Architecture played in data-driven organizations, especially during the tumultuous and uncertain period at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic? Industry thought leader Donna Burbank, the Managing Director of Global Data Strategy, discussed these issues in her presentation Trends in Data Architecture at DATAVERSITY®’s Data Architecture Online conference last […]
Five Emerging Trends in Enterprise Data Management
As we creep further into 2022, it bears remembering how still less than a decade ago, the enterprise consumer market looked upon data solutions – mostly, data warehousing – as an unavoidable fixture of their solution architecture. A monolith designed to defray cost and performance impacts to core business operations in order to satisfy rigid […]
Data Leadership: The Key to Data Value
Data and business have become inseparable, so if your business isn’t using data effectively, you’re in trouble. Yet using it effectively can be a struggle. Not knowing how to find the right data, not trusting the available data, and not having confidence in the tools and people providing that data can lead people to conclude […]
Cloud Data Management Challenges and Best Practices
Data sources are increasing at an accelerating pace, and so is the volume of data. In 2021, it was reported that 79 zettabytes of data were generated across the globe. The ceaseless growth in data volume has brought with it numerous challenges, with most of the challenges associated with access management, data security, and regulatory […]
Actionable Insights at Scale Needs New Data Approach
Enterprises need to reevaluate their approach to data architecture to ensure that their analytics efforts deliver actionable insights to power business decisions. If there was ever any doubt about the need for data and artificial intelligence (AI) – if their value was ever in question – few would know by the developments of the past […]
The Future of Data Architecture
Anthony J. Algmin believes Data Architecture is moving from a time of chaos and tangles into something more clean and organized. Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Data Architecture Online Conference, Algmin looked at past predictions, current hot topics, and predictions for the future. He is the Founder and CEO of Algmin Data Leadership. A Quick Look Backward: Revising Past […]
