Category: Cloud Computing

When you outsourced your data management, did you also add new risks to your business?

A recent Associated Press headline touted that a Study warns US must develop cyber intelligence.  Being that Information Security is one of the pillars of Information Governance, the article should raise alarm bells for some businesses. Many businesses have been so intent on containing costs, that in the rush to outsource more and more of [...]

Data Governance Responsibility and Accountablity: The RACI Waterfall

In the course of a great conversation on Data Governance with Max Gano of Stakeholder Care, we began discussing the application of controls. Max had some great thinking on how they fit into the realm of Data Governance. The conversation reminded me of a RACI Waterfall that I had created a few years back. The [...]

Will Cloud Computing Drive Data Standards and Governance?

A recent Information Management article by  Steve Hoberman, explored the impact of cloud computing on data modeling.  I think he makes some very good points about the impact on data integration, in particular the importance of managing the semantic layer.  If we take this to be true, then those who expect to excel in the [...]

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