August 19, 2026
When CEOs evaluate CDO options, they usually weigh two choices: hiring a full-time C-suite executive or adding additional responsibilities to an existing team member. The obstacles […]
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August 17, 2026
“If your data is not of good quality,” Vora said, “the AI cannot produce good results.” That statement sounds obvious. Executives nod when they hear it. […]
August 11, 2026
You’ve read this a hundred times: Sales says revenue is one number, Finance says another. And Customer Success offers yet a third. Nobody in the room […]
June 8, 2026
Companies searching for data governance solutions are really asking one of two questions. Which platform should we use? The second, usually asked six months later: Why […]
November 26, 2024
When people hear "data governance," they often think of policies surrounding compliance, data quality, and security standards. But politics? It’s an often-overlooked factor—and one that plays a crucial role in any data governance framework.
March 4, 2024
As the data and analytics space evolves and the significance of data science in business grows, many organizations need a safe environment to connect their data […]
December 12, 2023
Business leaders of today’s data-centric world are faced with the need to effectively use their data to guide their business decisions. As companies grasp the importance […]
November 13, 2017
Join me for this webinar hosted by Information Management Live. Thursday November 16, 2017 1 PM ET/10 AM PT The path to fruitful analytics starts with good, […]
April 12, 2016
The 20th annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on data management in the world. Rick Sherman will be conducing […]
June 13, 2012
Much has been written about managing an enterprise BI Program and implementing data governance. Both of these are key ingredients to business value, but even with […]
August 4, 2011
More and more companies are recognizing that they’re accumulating ever-increasing amounts of data but not necessarily gaining business insights from it. The missing link is the […]
May 25, 2011
In the post Getting Down To Business with People and Policies. I discussed the fact that people and policies need to be on the front burner […]
May 18, 2011
In the last several posts we discussed how people, policies and products are essential to successful Master Data Management (MDM) and Customer Data Integration (CDI) programs. […]
May 11, 2011
last week’s post Master Data Management (MDM) – Going Where the EDW has Gone Before, I discussed the idea that Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDW) have long […]
March 9, 2011
Both of my sons loved Star Wars when they were small. If they weren’t watching the movies, they were reading the books, building the Lego sets […]
May 8, 2009
For those of us in high tech, it’s easy to fall into the trap of concentrating too hard on the products, technology and architectural aspects of […]
July 11, 2006
Are data governance projects doomed? According to the searchDataManagement.com article “Data governance requires checks and balances, Gartner says,” a recent Gartner study predicts that “by 2008, less than […]
May 11, 2006
Does this sound familiar? Your business users are complaining that they constantly have to debate and reconcile the numbers in different reports. They complain that the […]
