Tag Archive for ‘Data Governance’

Best Practices in Test Data Management: Discovering and Subsetting

Organizations should leverage best practices in test data management to speed up testing and help deliver quality applications. Swati Moran explains why this is so important and shares two best practices to get you started.

37 Definitions of “Employee ID”

What happens to data quality when an organization has 37 different definitions of a single term? Paula Sigmon explains how people on both the IT and business sides are affected.

Assessing the Risk: MDM for compliance and risk management

Chief regulatory officers and others who deal with risk and compliance face a tall task of assessing risk in business relationships. Alex Eastman explains how CROs can leverage master data management to better understand how trustworthy business partners may be – and the relative risk of doing business.

Defining Terms: Agree, or Doom your Project

Paula Sigmon looks beyond a recent Harvard Business Review piece and discusses the importance of ensuring a team collaborates on the terminology at the core of their business.

The same Jane? What every CMO needs to know about MDM

How can a Chief Marketing Officer use master data management (MDM) to make sure they understand customers, not just markets? Jon Case explains how MDM can overcome disjointed, siloed data to determine whether different lines of business are dealing with the “same Jane.”

Getting more from your data: InfoSphere Warehouse 10

Crysta wades through the week’s worth of news and details about the new InfoSphere Warehouse 10 and DB2 10 launches. Skim through and drill down to learn more about the features that interest you most.

Which Came First: Governance or MDM?

Which came first – MDM or governance? Jennifer McGinn looks ahead to the Information Integration & Governance Forums where analysts and other industry experts will discuss how companies should approach both MDM and governance.

TDWI Report: Next Generation MDM

TDWI has just released a report on “Next Generation MDM,” including current trends and best practices. Rick highlights some of the trends he’s noticed among IBM MDM customers.

Establishing a Valid Business “Need to Know” for Sensitive Data

Who can access your most sensitive data? Do you restrict access to those with a valid “need to know,” or do developers and testers practice on sensitive production data? Kim Madia shares an example of a well-written data stewardship policy that establishes this “need to know.”

Don’t Blaze a New Trail: Migrate, Consolidate & Retire your Data

Every organization has to migrate, consolidate and retire data at some point. But you don’t have to blaze a new trial every time you do so. Attend this upcoming webinar and hear best practices to manage and move your data.