Make Big Data Work in the Cloud

Data tends to pile up and can be rendered unusable or obsolete without careful maintenance processes. Reference and Master Data Management (MDM) has been a popular Data Management approach to effectively gain mastery over not just the data but the supporting architecture for processing it. This webinar presents MDM as a strategic approach to improving and formalizing practices around those data items that provide context for many organizational transactions: its master data. Too often, MDM has been implemented technology-first and achieved the same very poor track record (one-third succeeding on-time, within budget, and achieving planned functionality). MDM success depends on a coordinated approach typically involving Data Governance and Data Quality activities.

For most companies, data is viewed as a problem instead of an asset. Data is often stuck in systems that dont talk to each other, manual processes affect data quality, and analytics tools arent providing clear insights. But those companies who use their data to drive business strategy are out-performing their competitors. To be more competitive in any industry, you must take advantage of the ever-growing amount of available data and that starts with a Data Strategy. A documented roadmap that clearly defines company goals and the specifics on how to get there will put you on the path towards data driven decision making.

A great comfort with cloud deployment has emerged. Businesses are migrating databases to the cloud or building databases there as a result of scale challenges with the on-premises model, the cloud becoming the “center of gravity”, on-premises databases reaching capacity or emerging uses cases that are specific to the cloud. But not all organizations! And some struggle mightily with the move!

Your team is serious about ensuring database performance at scale. But legacy NoSQL technology could be eroding the impact of your achievements. Following best practices for efficient data modeling, query optimization and observability is fundamental. But their power can be limited – or enhanced – by specific database capabilities. Often-overlooked database innovations can serve as a force multiplier, paving a much smoother path to speed at scale (e.g., millions of read/write operations and millisecond P99 response).