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 […]
Five Reasons Automation Is Key to Data Governance
Today’s businesses must operate at a faster pace than ever before. Across every industry, companies are striving to improve their capacity for making data-driven decisions. For data teams, that often leads to a burgeoning inbox of new projects, as business users throughout the organization strive to discover new insights and find new ways of creating […]
Solving 5 Big Data Governance Challenges in the Enterprise
According to a recent report from Drexel University’s LeBow Center for Business Analytics, 77% of data and analytics professionals say that data-driven decision-making is an important goal of data programs. However, fewer than half of survey respondents rate their trust in data as “high” or “very high.” Poor data quality impedes the success of data programs, […]
Preventing Data Downtime with Effective Data Governance, Observability & Quality Strategies
Today’s decision-makers rely on different types of information to help them understand the complex landscape in which they operate. Most organizations use a mix of sales reports, marketing analytics, and operational reports to help their managers with day-to-day decisions and strategic planning. Such reports often turn out to be inaccurate. Imagine this scenario: the VP […]
Financial Services Regulations: Building Sustainable Compliance Programs
To comply with a complex array of regulations, financial services organizations have stepped up as early adopters of data governance frameworks. Additionally, regulators are demanding stronger and more comprehensive data quality capabilities than ever before. The aim is to minimize risk, safeguard private information, and ensure the adequacy of internal controls and sustainable compliance. Organizations that […]
5 Data Governance Best Practices
Data governance is rapidly shifting from a leading-edge practice to a must-have framework for today’s enterprises. Although the term has been around for several decades, it is only now emerging as a widespread practice, as organizations experience the pain and compliance challenges associated with ungoverned data. Briefly stated, data governance involves the formal orchestration of people, processes, and […]
Data Governance vs Data Quality: Which Comes First?
Data governance vs data quality: both are essential to the other’s success, and to making bigger, better decisions based on data you can trust. A solid data governance program is the foundation for enterprise-scale data quality, providing a framework that aligns people, processes, and technology. Quality data is complete, verified, and validated – and it […]
From Data Quality to Data Integrity: The Path to Trusted Data
The results are in! The 2023 Data Integrity Trends and Insights Report, published in partnership between Precisely and Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, delivers groundbreaking insights into the importance of trusted data. For the report, more than 450 data and analytics professionals worldwide were surveyed about the state of their data programs. One key […]
Best Practices for Modernizing Your Data Architecture
Can your current data architecture handle the massive influx of data that is coming into the enterprise every day? If not, it’s time to think about modernizing your data architecture to ensure you capture and manage one of the most valuable assets your organization has, its data. 6 Modern architecture best practices You can achieve […]
How to Cleanse and Enrich Data for Better Analytics and Decision-Making
Manual data cleanup can be time-consuming and error-prone – and yet clean, ready-to-use data is essential to the success of strategic initiatives across industries and use cases. As more organizations prioritize data-driven decision-making, the pressure mounts for data teams to provide the highest quality data possible for the business. Reach new levels of data quality […]
Precisely Customer Voices at Trust ’23
The annual Precisely Data Integrity Summit, Trust ’23, was another amazing success that virtually brought together thousands of data professionals worldwide. Over the course of two days, attendees gained knowledge and inspiration for their own data integrity journeys – and they heard real-world results and insights directly from their peers. Here’s a recap of what […]
How to Govern and Monitor Data for Greater Accuracy and Reduced Costs
In any strategic undertaking, trusted data is key to making better decisions that unlock new opportunities for your organization. One of the first steps in the process is to access and replicate the data you need to the cloud for robust analytics and reporting. But the process doesn’t end there. Next, it’s time for the […]