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The diminishing returns of storing unneeded data
With rising regulatory pressure on data storage practices, compliance is becoming "a complex and critical high-risk business issue that only executive management can truly fix."
Spring clean your data to reduce costs, risks
The mountains of data your organization is retaining come with considerable costs, both obvious and not so obvious.
Why one plan for big data isn't enough
The term Big Data tends to bring to mind notions of analytics, but there are many other IT functions that require strategies for handling the growing tsunami of information. When developing a roadmap
How to declare 'one version of the truth'
Trying to establish "one version of the truth" when it comes to operational data can be like searching for the Holy Grail at a lot of companies. With a redoubled focus on managing via metrics these
How to prepare for the 'big data' era
Dealing with mountains of data is nothing new for enterprise IT departments, but the mountains appear to be growing at a faster rate and in less predictable ways than before. With a seemingly
Traits of a good data scientist
Data science has become a burgeoning field, as companies increasingly try to glean competitive value from their data and turn the decision-making process into one that's data-driven. DJ Patil, a data
Q&A: How Accenture consolidated 2,100 applications into 500
Over the past decade, consulting and services giant Accenture consolidated 2,100 applications into about 500. The company has a single financial system, a single HR system and a single T&E system
The emerging world of non-traditional and synthetic data
Few companies these days seem to have too little data on their hands from the perspective of data management, but some are hard at work acquiring more, even if it means creating it synthetically. I
When big data matters (and when it doesn't)
Does big data really amount to anything more than the data we had all along? It all depends on how it's put to use, writes Alistair Croll in a post at O'Reilly Radar. If big data is left buried in
Tips for making data governance work
The importance of data governance is fast ballooning, as information piles up amid burgeoning compliance obligations, marketing strategies and budget pressures. Data governance remains a somewhat
