The Role of Technology in Making Data-Driven Strategic Decisions

As organizations scramble to tap into the immense value of all the data available to them, they also struggle with a growing set of challenges in order to make data-driven decisions using data governance. In today’s digital economy, data-driven decisions are rapidly becoming the norm. According to a 2023 survey by Drexel University’s LeBow College of […]

Following the Roadmap to Better Data Governance

Data governance is no trivial undertaking. When executed correctly, data governance transitions businesses from guesswork to data-informed strategies. For those who follow the right roadmap on their data governance journey, the payoff can be enormous. When it’s done correctly, data governance can mean the difference between effective data-driven decision-making versus flying blind. The Emerging Business […]

What is Data Governance?

Data is driving the strategic and tactical business decisions that determine success or failure in business today. According to IDC, 50% of enterprises in the United States say that using data and intelligence strategically to create competitive differentiation is critical to running a successful digital business. Data governance has emerged as a business imperative for companies […]

Four Steps to Building a Successful Data Governance Team

A successful data governance team requires alignment to clearly defined business requirements. Yet far too many data governance programs fail to achieve objectives because they miss this prerequisite. They also fail to address the elephant in the room: why should an organization invest in governance over data—what many consider their most important asset? A governance […]

3 Critical Data Capabilities for Your Data Governance Solution

Data is an essential business asset for any organization, regardless of size or industry. There are countless ways organizations can leverage their data assets to gain a competitive advantage and offer greater value. However, regardless of business size, any success hinges upon data consumers fully understanding what data means from a business context and having […]

Maximizing Data Value through Integrated Data Governance and Data Quality

The costs of bad data have had a significant impact across the business world. As reported by Gartner’s Data Quality Market Survey, poor data is responsible for an average of $15 million in losses annually. These staggering numbers come as no surprise when you consider the massive volumes of data being created, ingested and transformed […]

5 Challenges That Can be Solved with Data Governance

In an era of rapidly advancing technology, big data and advanced analytics, data governance serves a vital function within every organization, regardless of size or industry. From defining guidelines for metadata management, to driving processes for data issue resolution, to actively measuring data quality improvement over time, the importance of data governance cannot be understated. […]

4 Priorities in Building Insurance Data Governance initiatives

Traditional insurance data governance initiatives frequently fall short of expectations because they focus too heavily on policies, compliance, and enforcement. That can lead to a disconnect between business users, the data governance team, and executive management. A truly successful data governance process is built on four key priorities that put business value in perspective, creating […]

Big Data Quality: Mastering Data Quality in the Age of Big Data

From the second data enters your enterprise and begins to move, it is vulnerable. Data in motion flows through many systems before it may be analyzed to derive valuable information for better business decisions.  Data in motion is at the most vulnerable stage—not only because of the nature of the information itself, but because of […]

3 Data Quality Capabilities That Supercharge Data Governance

With growing regulations and greater public concern over data privacy, companies are increasingly focused on data governance. Yet there’s no single way for a business to approach data governance that will ensure perfect results. Instead, companies can adopt a number of different strategies, all of which can be made more effective when bolstered by key […]

Integrating Data Quality into your Data Governance Strategy

How do you enforce data quality best practices? A good place to start is your data governance strategy and policy, which should be designed with data quality goals front-and-center. To understand how data quality and data governance fit together, let’s start with some basic definitions. Data quality is the ability of a given set of data […]