Data governance
Data governance processes manage the availability, usability, integrity and security of the data in enterprise systems. These processes rely on detailed internal data standards and policies that also control data usage. Learn about the latest data governance processes and strategies to ensure data is consistent, trustworthy and properly protected.
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Feature
05 Jun 2025
Customers pleased with Snowflake plans for AI
Features including a multimodal data ingestion and integration service that enables access to unstructured data demonstrate the vendor's move toward enabling app development. Continue Reading
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News
20 May 2025
Alation boosts agentic AI with Numbers Station acquisition
The acquisition adds capabilities such as Chat that enable users to embed agents in workflows to complement the vendor's existing plans for agentic development. Continue Reading
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20 May 2025
Alation boosts agentic AI with Numbers Station acquisition
The acquisition adds capabilities such as Chat that enable users to embed agents in workflows to complement the vendor's existing plans for agentic development. Continue Reading
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19 May 2025
Addition of new AI capabilities shows Starburst's growth
The open source data lakehouse vendor continues to evolve beyond being a data mesh specialist with the additions of agentic tools, a development environment and a data catalog. Continue Reading
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14 May 2025
Alteryx One launch aims to unify, simplify vendor's platform
The updated version of the data integration vendor's platform aims to make it easier to prepare data for AI and analytics, while new GenAI tools further simplify data preparation. Continue Reading
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14 May 2025
Boomi launches agentic AI development tools, support for MCP
The longtime iPaaS vendor continues to expand beyond its historical base with the additions of Agentstudio, agents that simplify integration and change data capture capabilities. Continue Reading
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07 May 2025
ServiceNow digs deeper into data for AI with Data.world buy
ServiceNow will fold in metadata collection and data catalog tools from the data governance specialist to fuel its agentic AI ambitions. Continue Reading
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06 May 2025
Snowflake launches auto industry-specific AI capabilities
The latest AI Manufacturing Data Cloud update adds features aimed at helping auto manufacturers deal with massive amounts of data being created by the industry's evolution. Continue Reading
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29 Apr 2025
Acceldata launches agentic AI-powered anomaly detection
The data observability specialist's new feature uses agentic AI to ensure that the data used to inform analytics and AI tools is high quality and won't lead to poor decisions. Continue Reading
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Opinion
24 Apr 2025
Unified databases: A powerhouse behind generative AI success
Unified databases support generative AI (GenAI) by integrating all data types into a single platform, streamlining infrastructure and improving scalability, speed and trust. Continue Reading
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Definition
18 Apr 2025
What is data profiling?
Data profiling refers to the process of examining, analyzing, reviewing and summarizing data sets to gain insight into the quality of data. Continue Reading
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17 Apr 2025
Monte Carlo launches first agents for data observability
Though the vendor already provides monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities, generative AI-powered agents for each aim to make instantaneous tasks that previously took days. Continue Reading
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09 Apr 2025
Google enters new era of AI for data with launch of agents
Agentic AI applications for data engineering and data science along with a new underlying knowledge engine aim to make data management and analytics easier and more efficient. Continue Reading
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08 Apr 2025
Snowflake embraces open source with full support for Iceberg
Three years after providing limited support for open data storage, the data platform vendor is signaling its embrace of open source with full support for the open table format. Continue Reading
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08 Apr 2025
New AI-powered tools from Dremio target data discovery
With relevant data key to developing accurate AI and analytics applications, the data lakehouse specialist's latest features target making data faster and easier to find. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2025
Databricks simplifies data ingestion with Lakeflow Connect
With preconfigured connectors to Salesforce and Workday -- and more to follow -- the data cloud and AI vendor is taking aim at streamlining data ingestion. Continue Reading
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02 Apr 2025
Informatica adds to Claire lineup of GenAI capabilities
New copilots for data integration and iPaaS highlight the vendor's Spring 2025 release, along with a tool aimed at simplifying access to unstructured data to fuel AI development. Continue Reading
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26 Mar 2025
Databricks partners with Anthropic to aid GenAI development
With the Claude line of models natively available in the Data Intelligence Platform, developers can securely combine data and AI models to build agents and other applications. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
DBT Labs launches AI copilot to boost developer efficiency
The assistant includes features such as autogenerated documentation and testing to relieve developers and engineers of repetitive tasks and free them up for more innovative work. Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2025
Oracle launches new AI Agent Studio in Fusion suite
The studio is designed for Oracle customers that already have most of their data situated in the Fusion suite. It includes new libraries and a trust and security framework. Continue Reading
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19 Mar 2025
Coalesce acquires data catalog upstart to aid transformation
After raising $50 million in venture capital funding in 2024, the startup acquired CastorDoc to add AI-powered data catalog capabilities to its data preparation platform. Continue Reading
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19 Mar 2025
Confluent launches Tableflow to ease use of streaming data
The vendor's new feature enables users to convert event data to tables that developers and engineers can search and discover to inform AI and BI applications. Continue Reading
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Definition
13 Mar 2025
What is taxonomy in computing?
Taxonomy is the science of classification according to a predetermined system, with the resulting catalog used to provide a conceptual framework for discussion, analysis or information retrieval. Continue Reading
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12 Mar 2025
Vast Data targets secure, speedy agentic AI development
The vendor is furthering its expansion into AI development with features such as vector search and event streaming aimed at enabling users to build and maintain agents. Continue Reading
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10 Mar 2025
New Databricks tools tackle lingering GenAI accuracy issues
Features such as centralized model governance and real-time monitoring aim to improve the accuracy of outputs so that enterprises can confidently scale beyond experimentation. Continue Reading
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Definition
06 Mar 2025
What is data cleansing (data cleaning, data scrubbing)?
Data cleansing, also referred to as data cleaning or data scrubbing, is the process of fixing incorrect, incomplete, duplicate or otherwise erroneous data in a data set. Continue Reading
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Definition
05 Mar 2025
What is the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)?
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a European Union regulation designed to enhance cybersecurity and ensure functional continuity of the financial sector, employing rigorous information and communications technology (ICT) standards across all EU financial entities. Continue Reading
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Tip
03 Mar 2025
9 best practices for self-service analytics
Expecting business benefits from an analytics platform everyone can use? Take the right steps before putting the tool into users' hands. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
Alation unveils AI agents plus SDK for agentic development
The data catalog vendor's new agents for documentation and data quality monitoring represent innovation among metadata management vendors and could force competitors to respond. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2025
Teradata unveils vector store to fuel AI development
The longtime data management and analytics vendor's new feature will enable developers to discover the relevant data needed to train business-specific generative AI applications. Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Feb 2025
AI's appetite for data is changing data requirements
AI relies on high-quality real-time data. Companies that fail to modernize their data strategies risk falling behind, while those that adapt unlock AI's competitive advantage. Continue Reading
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News
26 Feb 2025
Snowflake adds OpenAI models with Microsoft integration
In a move that adds more model choices for AI developers, models including GPT-4o are now natively available in Cortex AI alongside models from Anthropic, Meta, Mistral and others. Continue Reading
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Tip
25 Feb 2025
AI data governance is a requirement, not a luxury
Data governance is the backbone of any data initiative. Properly managing the new data risks and regulations of AI technologies requires the addition of AI data governance. Continue Reading
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25 Feb 2025
Reltio adds real-time data delivery to fuel fast decisions
The vendor's new Lightspeed Data Delivery Network can be used to feed customer recommendation engines and other applications that need data instantaneously to fuel actions. Continue Reading
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20 Feb 2025
Cube semantic layer eases data access from Power BI, Excel
New integrations aim to better enable Microsoft users to directly access data in cloud data warehouses, which has been problematic given how different query languages interact. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Feb 2025
Chinese companies on DoD CMC list: Tech giants on the list
Several Chinese tech giants including Huawei, Tencent and CATL are now on the U.S. Chinese Military Companies list due to security concerns. Continue Reading
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13 Feb 2025
Confluent, Databricks partner to simplify AI development
With a new integration, joint customers can more easily access real-time streaming data to develop, deploy and maintain trusted AI models and applications. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2025
Snowflake's new Cortex Agents enables agentic AI development
The vendor's new managed service, now in preview, provides developers with an API for combining structured and unstructured data with LLMs to create agentic applications. Continue Reading
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12 Feb 2025
Ataccama adds data lineage to foster trust in AI, analytics
Given that the absence of trusted data hinders AI development, the vendor's new capabilities further its effort to provide users with the tools to ensure data can be trusted. Continue Reading
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30 Jan 2025
Agentic AI, data as a product among growing analytics trends
Collibra's founder and chief data citizen reveals his predictions for 2025, and underpinning all is the need for strong governance that guarantees the quality of BI and AI tools. Continue Reading
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27 Jan 2025
Trusted data at the core of successful GenAI adoption
A new study finds that only a third of organizations are successfully developing GenAI tools. The problem preventing success is the quality of the underlying information. Continue Reading
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Definition
24 Jan 2025
What is ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange)?
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is the most common character encoding format for text data in computers and on the internet. Continue Reading
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Feature
23 Jan 2025
18 top data catalog software tools to consider using in 2025
Numerous tools can be used to build and manage data catalogs. Here's a look at the key features, capabilities and components of 18 prominent data catalog tools. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Jan 2025
The pros and cons of Drupal
Drupal is a highly customizable and scalable CMS, which makes it suitable for large organizations. Yet, inexperienced admins often struggle with its steep learning curve. Continue Reading
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News
15 Jan 2025
DBT Labs acquires SDF Labs to boost data transformation
By adding SQL comprehension capabilities, users will be able to validate code as it's written, speeding the transformation process and potentially improving data quality. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2025
16 top data governance tools to know about in 2025
Data governance software can help organizations manage governance programs. Here's a look at the key features and capabilities of 16 prominent governance tools. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2025
Informatica natively integrates governance suite on GCP
An expanded partnership between the data prep specialist and tech giant makes it easier for joint customers to develop AI and analytics applications using properly prepared data. Continue Reading
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Definition
03 Jan 2025
What is artificial intelligence (AI) governance?
Artificial intelligence governance is the legal framework for ensuring AI and machine learning technologies are researched and developed with the goal of helping humanity adopt and use these systems in ethical and responsible ways. Continue Reading
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Opinion
27 Dec 2024
Human oversight enables automated data governance
Automating data governance makes tedious, time-consuming tasks more efficient. The human element remains critical to keeping automated systems in compliance with regulations. Continue Reading
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Opinion
26 Dec 2024
Data management 2025 predictions: Bringing generative AI to enterprise data
Organizations pursuing generative AI tools in 2025 will focus on making sure their data is AI-ready. The tools must work internally before consumers might see options next year. Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2024
6 trends that shaped data management, analytics in 2024
The transformation of data platforms into AI development platforms and the rise of agentic AI were the top developments in data management and business intelligence. Continue Reading
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23 Dec 2024
Surging AI development will heighten focus on data in 2025
Without proper training, models and applications will fail. As a result, enterprises will pay increased attention to the information used to train artificial intelligence tools. Continue Reading
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17 Dec 2024
Nexla integration with Nvidia NIM boosts AI development
The complementary partnership combines the data integration vendor's discovery and retrieval capabilities with the tech giant's power to scale and secure AI development. Continue Reading
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10 Dec 2024
Acceldata unveils AI-powered data observability tools
The vendor's update includes features such as error detection with root cause analysis and schema reconciliation that use AI to automate finding and fixing data integrity problems. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Dec 2024
Top 7 data preparation challenges and how to overcome them
Data preparation is a crucial but complex part of analytics applications. Don't let seven common challenges send your data prep processes off track. Continue Reading
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09 Dec 2024
Alteryx names new CEO amid ongoing change
A year after getting acquired by private equity firms amid declining revenue growth and a slow transition to the cloud, the longtime data management vendor has a new leader. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Dec 2024
10 data governance challenges that can sink data operations
No organization can successfully use data without data governance. Addressing 10 data governance challenges is necessary to avoid financial loss and reputation damage. Continue Reading
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05 Dec 2024
New Qlik integrations ready data for AI development
The longtime analytics and data management vendor's new integrations are designed to enable customers to ingest and prepare data for GenAI. Continue Reading
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03 Dec 2024
AWS reimagines SageMaker as suite for data, analytics, AI
The service is now a unified platform featuring a data catalog, lakehouse and integrations with other AWS platforms. Continue Reading
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02 Dec 2024
Couchbase unveils suite of services for developing AI
The new services include access to LLMs and unstructured data transformation aimed at enabling customers to build AI tools. Continue Reading
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26 Nov 2024
How to get data ready for AI development
Factors including a combination of commitment to data quality, proper technology and pertinent processes are key to preparing data for feeding models and applications. Continue Reading
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22 Nov 2024
Snowflake fuels edtech vendor's data and AI initiatives
PowerSchool is creating personalized educational experiences for teachers, students, parents, administrators and others by using its data to train AI tools. Continue Reading
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19 Nov 2024
With new Fabric features, Microsoft aims at AI development
New data management and analytics suite features include databases and a data catalog to enable enterprises to develop and operationalize advanced applications. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Nov 2024
Noninvasive data governance offers friendly approach
Data governance doesn't need to be a burden on employees. A noninvasive approach formalizes existing responsibilities as components of a governance program. Continue Reading
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14 Nov 2024
Alteryx adds tools for cloud, hybrid analytics deployments
The vendor's update includes new data preparation and blending tools, improved interoperability with data warehouses and the preview of AI-powered insight generation capabilities. Continue Reading
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14 Nov 2024
Monte Carlo adds more GenAI to data observability platform
The vendor's latest update features an LLM-powered tool that delivers recommendations for developing data quality monitors along with a DataOps dashboard and new integrations. Continue Reading
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12 Nov 2024
Snowflake unveils AI development, security capabilities
The vendor's latest includes additions to Cortex AI that simplify developing conversational AI tools and new security measures after its environment was infiltrated in May. Continue Reading
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11 Nov 2024
Metaplane app adds data observability for Snowflake users
The data observability specialist's new native app for the data cloud enables users to monitor data quality as they develop the analytics and AI tools that inform decisions. Continue Reading
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Definition
08 Nov 2024
What is data?
In computing, data is information translated into a form that is efficient for movement or processing. Continue Reading
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Definition
05 Nov 2024
What is customer insight (consumer insight)?
Customer insight, or consumer insight, is the understanding and interpretation of customer data, behaviors and feedback into conclusions that can be used to drive actions that improve product development and customer support. Continue Reading
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News
30 Oct 2024
Alation browser-based extension aims to streamline analysis
The vendor's extension for Google Chrome embeds its tools in users' browsers to reduce time wasted toggling between applications and improve efficiency and speed to insight. Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Oct 2024
How does enterprise data protection in Copilot work?
EDP is Microsoft's way of ensuring that any data that users expose through Copilot queries doesn't end up with third parties and isn't used to train the AI model. Continue Reading
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29 Oct 2024
Dremio updates data catalog to support all deployment types
Recognizing that some customers need to keep data on-premises, the vendor has extended the availability of its Data Catalog for Apache Iceberg beyond its cloud-based platform. Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2024
Informatica launches blueprints for developing generative AI
The vendor's new frameworks aim to simplify and speed developing GenAI tools and include data integration and governance capabilities along with connectors and best practices. Continue Reading
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22 Oct 2024
Reltio update delivers new AI-powered matching capabilities
The data unification vendor's latest AI tool is a prebuilt customer data matching tool that uses LLMs and machine learning to help users develop more complete customer profiles. Continue Reading
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16 Oct 2024
Informatica update targets preparing data for AI development
The data management vendor's latest platform update includes features aimed at enabling customers to effectively ready their data for informing models and applications. Continue Reading
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09 Oct 2024
Alation launches AI governance suite to meet rising need
With interest in generative AI increasing, the vendor's new suite aims to help enterprises both mitigate risks as well as confidently use new applications. Continue Reading
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08 Oct 2024
Databricks Apps a toolkit that simplifies AI development
Features including native integrations with development platforms and automatic provisioning of serverless compute enable customers to more easily develop and deploy applications. Continue Reading
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07 Oct 2024
Monte Carlo aids data observability with root cause analysis
The vendor's new capabilities are designed to enable Databricks and GitLab users to quickly discover and resolve the underlying causes of data quality problems. Continue Reading
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Feature
24 Sep 2024
Compare information governance vs. records management
Information governance focuses on the framework organizations follow to manage information, whereas records management centers around the lifecycle of digital and physical records. Continue Reading
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Answer
23 Sep 2024
Are electronic signatures legally binding?
Remote and hybrid work have fast-tracked many digital initiatives, including electronically signing legal documents. But e-signatures' legal background has a long history. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Sep 2024
How to manage proprietary enterprise data in AI deployments
Explore strategies for managing sensitive data in enterprise AI deployments, from establishing clear data governance to securing tools and building a responsible AI culture. Continue Reading
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Tip
19 Sep 2024
4 certifications for information governance professionals
Information governance is a broad discipline with many different certifications. The most common include ARMA's IGP, AIIM's CIP and IAPP's CIPM. Continue Reading
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News
17 Sep 2024
Panzura unveils first offering after Moonwalk acquisition
After acquiring data management vendor Moonwalk in July, Panzura is debuting its next verse with the release of Panzura Symphony, a data orchestration service. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Sep 2024
5 data governance framework examples
Data governance isn't plug and play: Organizations must select which data governance framework best fits their business goals and needs. Continue Reading
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Feature
09 Sep 2024
Exploding interest in GenAI makes AI governance a necessity
With more employees of organizations now using artificial intelligence tools to inform business decisions, guidelines that ensure their safe and secure use are critical. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Sep 2024
6 dimensions of data quality boost data performance
Poor data quality can lead to costly mistakes and bad decision making. The six dimensions of data quality ensure accurate, complete, consistent, timely, valid and unique data. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 Sep 2024
Understand Microsoft Copilot security concerns
Microsoft Copilot raises security concerns around unauthorized or unintentional data access. Prevent leaks with vigilant oversight and comprehensive user access reviews. Continue Reading
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Feature
03 Sep 2024
GenAI demands greater emphasis on data quality
As GenAI explodes and enables enterprise decision-making at previously unseen speed and scale, accurate information to train models and applications becomes increasingly important. Continue Reading
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News
28 Aug 2024
SAP-Collibra deepen integrations for Datasphere
SAP and Collibra expand their partnership, integrating Collibra's data governance tools into SAP Datasphere, bolstering data management and governance for AI and analytics. Continue Reading
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Tip
27 Aug 2024
Successful data operations follow a data governance roadmap
Implementing a data governance strategy requires a roadmap to keep everyone on track and overcome challenges. Follow eight key steps for best results. Continue Reading
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News
26 Aug 2024
GenAI evolving, remains dominant data and analytics trend
As enterprise use of generative AI evolves from theory to practice, it remains the dominant development focus, with governance and real-time streaming playing complementary roles. Continue Reading
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Definition
23 Aug 2024
What is data validation?
Data validation is the practice of checking the integrity, accuracy and structure of data before it is used for or by one or more business operations. Continue Reading
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News
22 Aug 2024
Collibra, Reltio integration targets discovery, governance
The new partnership aims to provide joint customers with complementary capabilities to help them better find relevant data for analysis and manage their data assets. Continue Reading
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Tip
21 Aug 2024
4 information governance challenges and how to overcome them
Organizations often neglect information governance in favor of more revenue-generating initiatives. This leads to challenges with information growth and fragmented systems. Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Aug 2024
You need analytics governance
Analytics governance might not seem exciting, but it can improve innovation and mitigate risks. It's also critical to responsible data management and analytics practices. Continue Reading
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Definition
14 Aug 2024
What is parallel processing?
Parallel processing is a method in computing of running two or more processors, or CPUs, to handle separate parts of an overall task. Continue Reading
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Tip
06 Aug 2024
Compare SharePoint 2019 vs. SharePoint Online
SharePoint 2019 and SharePoint Online have different customization capabilities, payment models and more. Organizations must consider these distinctions before selecting one. Continue Reading
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Opinion
06 Aug 2024
Generative AI shines spotlight on data governance and trust
Generative AI creates new opportunities for how organizations use data. Strong data governance is necessary to build trust in the data AI models use. Continue Reading
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Quiz
05 Aug 2024
Quiz: Test your knowledge of information governance best practices
As strict privacy laws challenge organizations, information governance is the answer. This quiz can help business leaders test their knowledge of information governance basics. Continue Reading
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Definition
02 Aug 2024
What is a data flow diagram (DFD)?
A data flow diagram (DFD) is a graphical or visual representation that uses a standardized set of symbols and notations to describe a business's operations through data movement. Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2024
New Snowflake service enables secure AI, ML deployment
Snowpark Container Services aims to provide the vendor's users with a secure environment for deploying and managing models and applications without having to move their data. Continue Reading