Organisations face a number of pressures where data quality, and metadata comprehension can, we believe, not only address the immediate objective but provide added value and de-risking opportunities: if you’re planning to extract & preserve legacy data, you will need the data lineage, provenance and meaningful metadata to preserve the data value and promote future […]
The recent advice by TechUK, that Councils should establish digital boards, is a welcome call to raise ‘digital’ to Board-level importance. As Rishi Sunak has said: “Digital doesn’t belong in the basement, it belongs in the boardroom.” There is also a welcome realisation that data is a focal point: that there should be an insistence “on […]
Here’s how Safyr, our recommended data discovery tool of choice, can help you find personal data buried in SAP systems where table names or even data models may be less than helpful. If your Data Protection Officer (DPO) needs peace of mind and wants to de-risk the personal and sensitive data discovery lottery, Safyr should […]
…so says Philip Howard @ Bloor Research in his recent commentary “Silwood enhances catalogues“. This makes it plain how useful Safyr is when trying to construct a data catalogue. Without a tool like Safyr, to interrogate or supplement the lack of usable data dictionaries in many enterprise packaged applications, trying to understand what is useful […]
So this week, SAP, Microsoft and Adobe announced plans for an Open Data initiative. “The idea is to have multiple business applications using a common data model within Microsoft’s Azure cloud, a Microsoft spokesman told CNBC. Microsoft’s Dynamics 365, SAP’s C/4HANA and Adobe’s Experience Cloud.” Great! About time! This addresses a key issue for anyone […]
A recent Gresham survey of over 100 CFOs in Financial Services underlines exactly how vital a data governance strategy is for organisations contemplating digital transformation. The survey download is highly recommended reading for anyone contemplating stalled projects or developing future plans. There are a number of key takeaways which support our own views: GDPR compliance […]
People like to blame data, but business issues due to underlying data problems speak to wider concerns about how data is valued and managed. Is the data in your company regarded as infrastructure? If not, then some of the following may be business challenges your organisation will experience. Issue Consequence Data breach. A data breach […]
