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• Big data teams get proactive on data preparation for analytics users

  Organizations with big data environments are starting to prepare data for analysis before making it available to data scientists and other users, instead of leaving the work to them.  Continue Reading

• DMBOK2 eyes evolving data management best practices, challenges

  In a Q&A, DAMA president Sue Geuens talks about the second edition of the group's DMBOK reference book and how data management trends and processes have changed since the first version.  Continue Reading

• High-level tools help Hadoop data lake go to school

  Moving relational data into Hadoop isn't a slam dunk. To avert programming complexities, a major Texas university turned to commercial tools to stock its Hadoop data lake.  Continue Reading

• Data monetization takes three routes to turn data into dollars

  Data monetization is not monolithic. Instead, it takes several forms, according to MIT researcher Barbara Wixom. Each approach has its own unique traits.  Continue Reading

• Data lake management, governance a hands-on job for big data teams

  Deploying big data systems is just the first step for IT and data management teams. The next big challenge is setting up systems and processes for governing data lakes.  Continue Reading

• Data governance tools for Hadoop infiltrate the enterprise

  Be it open source or commercial technology, software designed to ensure proper data governance in Hadoop data lakes is proliferating. But like many big data systems, these tools are still maturing.  Continue Reading

• Big data queries eyed to head off Hadoop performance problems

  Processing in big data systems can slow to a crawl if queries are not properly tuned or workloads not well balanced -- issues that call for careful monitoring of clusters.  Continue Reading

• Hadoop data governance takes hold in companies as data gets 'bigger'

  LinkedIn, Cleveland Clinic and fitness company Beachbody are examples of organizations that have increased their data governance efforts in connection with big data applications.  Continue Reading

• Four data management conferences on big data, governance and more

  It's not too late to consider signing up for data management conferences in June. Here's a quick rundown of four events focused on Hadoop, Spark, data governance and other topics.  Continue Reading

• Mixed metadata, master data management process a must for mobile apps

  The growing use of mobile devices by business users broadens the risk of data inconsistencies, a hazard that an integrated process for managing metadata and master data can help address.  Continue Reading

• Building a data lake takes meticulous planning -- and flexibility

  Data lakes offer a more expansive alternative to data warehouses for analytics uses. TDWI analyst Philip Russom offers advice on how to get things right in a data lake architecture.  Continue Reading

• Q&A: Big data leads to bad insights without a data governance plan

  Big data holds the potential to provide invaluable insights for business growth, but only if data governance is part of the plan.  Continue Reading

• TDWI finds big data approaches that move jobs from POC to production

  Big data approaches outlined in a TDWI maturity model help bridge the chasm between proof of concept and production. One finding: Stick-to-itiveness is a key to success.  Continue Reading

• Data ingestion capabilities augur greater role for NoSQL in IoT

  Verizon's ThingSpace IoT platform uses a Couchbase NoSQL system to help provide reliable data ingestion and flexible development. That is key as IoT devices proliferate.  Continue Reading

• McKesson looks to simplify big data ecosystem for healthcare analytics

  The big data ecosystem has many twists and turns. A McKesson data manager saw Splice Machine's database as a means to straighten the path by putting analytics and operations data in one place.  Continue Reading