The Secret of IT Success?

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

Most organizations realize data governance is necessary - if not indispensable - for mitigating data risk while sustaining its longterm value. However, there’s still a fair amount of ambiguity around what exactly data governance is and how to best implement it. By definition, data governance is an enterprise-wide initiative for formalizing the processes, people, and protocols for using data. It reduces risk while increasing data’s ultimate value: consistent reusability for achieving mission critical objectives. Data governance is a strategic approach for creating unassailable trust in data throughout the enterprise.

whitePaper | June 2, 2022

Data lakeshold enormous promise in supporting modern enterprise data architectures. Their ability to store a full variety of data types and handle ever-larger data volumes generated at high velocity have contributed to their widespread adoption.

whitePaper | September 16, 2022

With the 2022 data and analytics edition, we further expand our series of Horizon Reports to focus on an emerging area of practice that is driving institutional decision-making and strategic planning for the future—the trends, technologies, and practices that are shaping the world of postsecondary data and analytics. Based on a methodology that grounds the findings in the perspectives and expertise of a panel of leaders in higher education data and analytics, in this report we summarize the panel’s input on the major trends shaping higher education, including panelists’ reflections on the implications of this research for the future of higher education for particular institutional roles.

whitePaper | April 7, 2021

Assembling the perfect data stack is impossible. But for most data teams, the path to leveraging rapidly evolving tech and best-in-class tools is even more difficult when it’s impeded by the pitfalls of monolithic legacy applications.

whitePaper | February 22, 2023

There are two reasons financial institutions are learning as much about their customers as possible by gathering—and processing—as much data as they can. Firstly, this information is invaluable for delivering more personalized products and services to increase revenues while making smarter decisions and improving operational efficiency. Better customer understanding can improve things like underwriting accuracy, for example, and many others.

whitePaper | September 6, 2022

Data is the heartbeat of the modern enterprise. Technology has progressed to the point that data-driven decision making is the norm and data literacy is often prized above all other skills.