What is a Data Catalog and Why You (Definitely) Need it?

Turning enterprise data into a competitive advantage requires business users to quickly locate, understand, and adequately utilize data. If key decision-makers across departments can’t trust the data, if they can’t understand it, and if they can’t find it, then they can’t leverage data to optimize their business, and the company’s approach to data management is […]

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 […]

Business Glossary vs Data Catalog: What’s the Difference?

Today, data fuels good business decisions. That, in turn, can positively impact customer experience, revenue, and competitive advantage. If you don’t have the right data quality and data governance mechanisms in place, your business users will lose confidence. Data catalogs play a critical role in your organization’s ability to establish and maintain trust in your […]

Frustrated Over Data Disorganization? Why You Need a Data Catalog Now

Data contains the keys to managing your company’s most valuable assets. Businesses use data catalog tools to make crucial decisions, monitor systems, overcome challenges, solve problems and the list goes on. With the mountains of data and materials data users must sift through to find the information they need, it’s not surprising Gartner says that […]