Entries by Alexis de Saint Jean

Different types of data hub for MDM (Master Data Management)

Far from being a trivial matter for a business, implementing a single master data repository poses significant technical and organisational challenges. The most common of these include: As organisations vary so widely, MDM (Master Data Management) too takes different forms and a number of models exist. These make it possible to meet regulatory requirements, or provide […]

Which toolkit best supports implementation of your organisation’s data governance?

Decision-makers often wish to put a data governance strategy in place. However, the next step is to determine how to implement such a strategy and which data governance toolkit to use. The functional rules, control over data traffic and the distribution of roles played by actual people are just some of the issues to be […]

Data Lifecycle Management, or how to keep control over each stage in data processing

Adopting a true data governance policy is no longer an optional matter for any organisation. The reliability of processes is at stake, along with the performance of the entire IS, and strategic analysis of business activities.Such governance is of relevance in data collection, dissemination and deletion alike… it is important to encompass the entire data […]

The importance of seeing the full picture to effectively tackle data processing

Data processing is frequently reduced to data cleansing and then integration, but doing so means an incomplete picture of the process is being used. To fully exploit data, the entire data lifecycle has to be considered. Carefully managing each stage in data processing, from collection to storage, and putting the right tools and methods in […]