A business glossary is a major component within a data governance (or data intelligence) initiative. Glossary entries consist of a name and a functional definition. The purpose of a functional...
March 18, 2020
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Brenda Reeb
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February 12, 2020
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Jim Walery
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Integration between data systems is a key part of data management. As more data systems are used in an organization, system integrations are becoming even more critical. IData’s staff is expert...
October 16, 2019
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Jim Walery
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Data is everywhere at an organization and in many data systems. And growing all the time. Data at an organization needs to be understood, individually and collectively, and can’t be done without a...
October 09, 2019
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Jim Walery
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An important data governance (also referred to as data intelligence) process to have is an established data request process that is known and easy to use. This process should provide accurate and...
September 25, 2019
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Jim Walery
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This post is about student data privacy which is a big issue at higher education institutions. We’ll discuss how student data privacy fits ethically, legally and financially. Third party access...
September 18, 2019
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Jim Walery
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The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect January 1, 2020. This regulation, much like GDPR, provides greater protection to an individual’s personal information and how this...
August 28, 2019
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Jim Walery
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Is your data governance (or data intelligence) content (report requests, data dumps, data definitions, etc.) taking too long to produce or does not seem to be as effective as they should be? ...
August 21, 2019
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Jim Walery
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In this post we’ll discuss the types of silos that exist at organizations (such as higher education institutions), data brawling, data culture, shadow systems, benefits of breaking down the silos...
August 14, 2019
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Jim Walery
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An important component of data governance (also known as data intelligence) is data quality. But there are many parts to data quality including sources of data quality, issues, their impact,...
July 24, 2019
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Jim Walery
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We are a firm believer of just-in-time data governance. In this blog post we will cover less expensive, better ways to do data governance (data intelligence) over the more typical (and more...