Best of 2022: Top 5 Insurance Blog Posts
In insurance, data is everything. Accurate, consistent, and contextualized data enables faster, more confident decisions when it comes to your underwriting, claims processing, risk assessments, and beyond. Let’s explore the impact of data in this industry as we count down the top 5 insurance blog posts of 2022. #5 3 Steps to Increase Insurance Claims […]
Best of 2022: Top 5 Financial Services Blog Posts
Trusted data fuels stronger financial services. With that data, organizations in this sector are able to better understand customers and improve experiences, fight financial crimes, reduce compliance risks, optimize branch performance, and stay ahead of the competition. Let’s further explore the impact of data in this industry as we count down the top 5 financial […]
Best of 2022: Top 5 PropTech Blog Posts
The PropTech industry has been booming – and data holds the key to continuous transformation and competitive edge. High quality data and analytics helps PropTech companies gain deeper context on properties and locations, build richer models with accurate information, and more. Let’s further explore the impact of data in this industry as we count down […]
Best of 2022: Top 5 Government Blog Posts
Trusted data fuels a smarter, more transparent, and efficient government. As 2022 comes to a close, let’s count down the top 5 blog posts that explore the impact of data in the government sector. #5 How Local Governments Improve Service Delivery with a Single Citizen View Understanding what matters most to citizens puts local governments […]
Let’s Talk Real Estate Data
The real estate industry has experienced massive innovation and transformation over the past two decades, most of which has been driven by the internet and associated communications technologies. Today, data is the great driver of innovation, but to be successful, you need real estate data you can fully trust. Historically, many companies have relied on […]
Best of 2022: Top 5 Data Quality and Data Governance Blog Posts
The common goal of many data governance programs is to increase visibility around the quality of data for better business outcomes. As this year comes to a close, let’s count down the Top 5 Data Quality and Data Governance blog posts of 2022. #5 Kickstart a Data Quality Strategy to Build Trust in Your Data […]
Building Successful and Sustainable Data Governance in Financial Services
Today’s financial services organizations are swimming in data. That represents a huge opportunity, especially as advanced analytics, AI, and machine learning gain momentum. It also raises some challenges. GDPR, CCPA, and similar regulations are driving the need for more rigorous approaches to compliance. Data security and access are of paramount concern, particularly as cybersecurity threats […]
Creating a Data Governance Business Glossary
Often organizations create quick fix solutions to tackle the business glossary challenge including, “we have an Excel-based solution”, and often it does effectively inventory and define terms. But soon it becomes apparent that this is an overly simplistic view of data beyond a simple cataloging of terms with limited ability to capture the important relationships […]
Data Strategy SOS: Signs Your Data Initiatives Need Help
It’s indisputable that in today’s business environment, data comprises a valuable organizational asset, providing the keys to competitive differentiation and strategic advantage. In that context, data governance has emerged as a critical discipline to enable business success and a data strategy. To elicit value from their data, organizations must ensure that it is accurate and […]
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 […]
What is Metadata and How is it Used?
Often described as data about data, metadata is a foundational element used to transform data into an enterprise-wide asset. Metadata helps understand the data behind it and reflects how data is used and is key to supporting data governance initiatives, regulatory compliance demands, and data management processes. It is critical to data management because it […]
Four Keys to Successful Telecom Data Governance Strategies
Gartner reports that 80% of data governance initiatives fail to deliver on their expected outcomes. Harvard Business Review has found that over 65% of the target users for data governance initiatives do not sufficiently understand how those programs impact their roles within the organization. Finally, according to Forbes, over 74% of data leaders struggle to […]