Read more about author Nahla Davies. At a time when even the smallest organizations have data from multiple sources undergoing various transformations, ensuring data accuracy, security, and compliance has never been more critical. This reality has led to a proliferation of robust data governance frameworks, i.e., the systems, policies, and procedures that manage data as a strategic asset. One vital ingredient can maximize the effectiveness of an organization’s data governance…

In this month’s Book of the Month, we’re looking at Fuad Hendricks’ “The One About Data ... The Coffee Shop Chats.” This is the first in what is becoming a series of coffee shop chats.  The book sets up a true-to-life scenario of a bunch of peers having coffee and solving the world’s data problems during a casual get-together.  This book strikes an interesting tone for the reader. If one…

Read more about co-authors Alexey Utkin and Oleg Royz. For years, organizations have invested heavily in dashboards, data warehouses, and centralized reporting platforms. Yet many still struggle to turn their growing volumes of data into real business results. The problem isn’t the data, it’s how we think about it. Business leaders must treat data not merely as an asset to be stored and queried, but as a product – something…

This is the second in a two-part series exploring data quality and the ISO 25000 standard.  Read more about author Mark Cooper. OK. You’re with the program. You recognize that having quality data is important for accurate AI models. You would even concede that it’s important for other stuff too, but whatever, because AI is getting all the attention right now. You want to start publishing data quality metrics. All…