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Data Mesh: Avoiding the Swamp of Centralization

By Dick Weisinger

The centralization of data has been a core design concept of enterprise data management. Data platforms like data lakes and data warehouses try to pool data from dispersed systems into a central access point so that all data can be

Decentralizing Data: Escape from Command and Control

By Dick Weisinger

Centralization has advantages. Big volumes mean that that there can be a focused vision on standardization, efficiencies, and cost savings. Data is more easily secured, stored and managed. Reporting is easier, and when there is abundant data, business analysis and

Data: Unprecedented Volumes and Speed of Creation

By Dick Weisinger

For better or worse, we’ve become a data-centric society. Analyst firm IDC and Business Cloud company Domo have annual surveys that estimate the amount of data we create, where it is stored, and how we use it. The IDC report

Data Catalogs: Speeding Compliance and Discovery while Unlocking Insight into Data Utilization

By Dick Weisinger

Data catalogs are data management and search tools applied to metadata. Data may be stored in data warehouses, data lakes, the cloud, applications, and data repositories. Catalogs help users organize, access, search, and track information quickly across applications and repositories.

Data Offense and Data Defense: Balancing the Allure of Profits against the Risk of Losses

By Dick Weisinger

There are two ways to think about data: offensively and defensively, according to a strategy paper on Harvard Business Review by Leandro DalleMule and Thomas Davenport. Data defense is what businesses need to do with their data to minimize risk.