governance

Welcome in the new world of General Data Protection Regulations. The EU is helping all the companies to create security around data protection and privacy. Creating the GDPR has massive influence on how companies operate with data which are…

We all know that GDPR is only a year ahead of us and we have to do many things to get ready. To make sure your organization hits all the important aspects of this topic I am happy to share this GDPR Preparation checklist with you. GDPR…

As written in many articles before data governance is becoming more important every day. Companies are becoming aware of the value and are willing to invest in such initiatives. I have met and spoken to many specialists in the area of data…

How does it comes that Data Governance is still a troubled area within many companies. I tried to show the value many times now in different articles. With this in mind I would like to get back to the beginning. Getting back to the core of…

Did you really think you could avoid the General Data Protection Regulations. Well I will end that dream for you right now. Avoiding General Data Protection Regulations is impossible for the "normal"companies among us. GDPR will apply to…

The talk of the day is of course big data. Everybody wants a piece and believes it will make their business successful. Every day I see software vendors and salespeople push the business towards the use of Big Data. I completely agree and I…

Recently I read this great article written by Prakash Baskar about the 7 Reasons your Data Governance Initiative is Failing and you can’t Ignore even one of them. His insights made clear to me that these hurdles he mentions are familiar to…

For many years now data creation is no longer a one men show. Many departments and people participate in the data creation process. This process is however crucial to the quality of data. All the people who are contributing have specialties…

Only a couple of weeks ago I created this article about the Chief Data Officer being overrated. I think this role is an necessary asset for success. Many companies need a Chief Data Officer to be successful now and in the near future. This…

During the last couple of months I had the pleasure to speak with many data management experts. Actually the passion for data is overwhelming and the conversations lively. Many topics come to the table and we all do things different but…