What is Metadata? We all know the metadata definition explaining that metadata — sometimes incorrectly spelled as "meta data" — is “data about data.” Although pithy, that definition leaves out many of metadata’s critical functions in data governance. Metadata...
Data catalogs
Why You Need a Data Catalog for DataOps, According to Forrester Research
Big data has revolutionized the business world. Since the phrase “big data” first rose to prominence in the early ‘00s, numerous studies have shown that businesses focused on using data and business analytics to inform their decisions are significantly more productive...
What Is a Semantic Layer, and How Does It Turn Your Data into Knowledge?
It’s taken as read that the data created by your organization is incredibly valuable. Collecting and analyzing your data can lead to improved customer insight, increased market intelligence, forward-thinking innovation, improved business operations, and too many other...
And That’s a Wrap – Takeaways from Catalog and Cocktails Season Three
Thursday’s Catalog and Cocktails podcast season three finale capped Tim and Juan’s most-popular season yet, with the hosts toasting their 95th episode with … Champagne? (Not a cocktail, we know. But, hey, it was a special occasion.) The episode served as a...
The Future of Data Catalogs, from Sanjeev Mohan
Sanjeev Mohan is the Principal of SanjMo. He spoke at the data.world summit in spring of 2022. The promise of metadata is enormous, and the recent hyper-growth of data catalogs reflects that promise. Data catalogs unify how our data is created, transformed,...
data.world Named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Catalogs for DataOps, Q2 2022
We are proud to announce data.world was named a leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Data Catalogs for DataOps, Q2 2022. The report states “data.world is a strong fit for organizations that need to translate data product requirements to production-ready...
Why You Need to Data the Sh*t out of Your Business in a Downturn
In the now iconic line of the 2015 movie The Martian, marooned astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon) gave us a new verb to sum up his only possible exit from his Red Planet dilemma: “I’m going to have to science the sh*t out of this.” For many businesses, our...
5 Questions with Emily Hawkins
Sure, it’s fun to chat with data executives and thought leaders, but this season, we are focusing on the people who roll up their sleeves and get the data work done. And there’s no better place for a podcast like ours to start than with a data practitioner at Drizly.
5 Questions with Sarah Catanzaro
The modern data stack is often defined by the type of technologies that exist within it. Cloud-based, open source, low/no code tools, ELT, and reverse ETL. But surely there’s more to it… isn’t there?
Driving Action with Data Doesn’t Have To Be So Hard
The quantity of data being created around the world is mind boggling. According to our friends at Domo, humans currently produce 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day. (And that figure has surely grown since their report was released in 2018.) In the business world,...
How to Evaluate a Modern Data Catalog
The data catalog market has exploded in recent years, and for good reason. Organizations have a ton of data and metadata, but it’s often difficult to find and understand, and people are not sure how to apply the data to their business. A modern data catalog serves as...
5 Questions with Nick Schrock
The modern data stack is often defined by the type of technologies that exist within it. Cloud-based, open source, low/no code tools, ELT, and reverse ETL. But surely there’s more to it… isn’t there?
Why Your Business Shouldn’t Wait to Invest in a Data Catalog, Even if You Don’t Think You’re Ready
Given the size and complexity of most mature organizations and their infrastructure, any effort towards data modernization can be a daunting task. Even smaller, newer, nimbler businesses can experience this pain, as, in their haste to scale, they often cobble together...
5 Questions with Erik Bernhardsson
New data tools drop daily, but are they worth the hype? Some launch with overinflated expectations, while others solve a problem that doesn’t really exist. On the flip side, there are tools that transform the enterprise and have the potential to change the way we manage data forever. The question is, how do you tell the difference?
Visualize Your Data and Analytics Ecosystem with Eureka Explorer™
Coming to a catalog near you in fall 2022 The modern data stack is complex and constantly evolving. Traditional data catalogs have a hard time cataloging the volume and diversity of data being ingested, let alone enabling data teams to use it. Without new ways of...
You Have Questions, We Have Eureka Answers™
Data analysts and data scientists are the lifeblood of your data and analytics organization. You rely on their insights to drive important business decisions, but searching your data catalog to find the information needed to fuel their analyses is often fraught with...
5 Questions with Zhamak Deghani
Zhamak Dehghani is the Director of Emerging Technologies at Thoughtworks and the leading expert on data mesh. We’ll chat about the emergence of the data mesh as a concept, why the approach works for eliminating architectural silos, and how it’s producing more data-driven cultures.
Know Where to Go with Eureka Action Center™
Your data catalog is a central knowledge repository that acts as a hub for data and analytics governance. It is the meeting point for data producers, data consumers, and data product managers to share important information. Given the important role it plays in...
5 Questions with Kelly Wright
In a relatively short time, we’ve gone from collecting and neglecting data to managing, enriching, and learning from data. We are in the age of collective data empowerment, where user-friendly apps and data ubiquity mean almost anyone can answer complex business questions. So why does the “data-driven” enterprise still sound like a pipe dream?
Simplify Data Catalog Management with Eureka Automations™
An enterprise data catalog should make your organization smarter and more efficient – the more automated the better. But automation is not the answer if it doesn’t help people extract real value from the data and analytics environment. data.world with Eureka...
