Uncovering the new data governance trends

Search Data Management published last month, a podcast interview about data governance with Dave Stodder, vice president and research director of Ventana Research. He is conducting a data governance research study, which will reveal key trends and benchmark adoption rates.

During the interview, he answered some important questions about data governance, as: Experts say data governance is important, but how many organizations have actually implemented a data governance program? What business drivers really get these programs funded? How does the current economic climate affect data governance priorities?

He also talked about: current data governance trends, what's getting programs funded today and success stories from other data governance programs.

You can listen on the site, or download for listen later.

This is a nice interview, and data governance is one of the most important issues to the companies nowadays.

Listening the B-Eye Perspective

The B-Eye-Network, in its program called Beye Perspective, publishes monthly a radio program where business intelligence and data warehousing experts discuss news, mergers and acquisitions, technology announcements and other relevant industry topics.


This month, the experts dig into the latest at Microsoft:
- the acquisition of DATAllegro and Zoomix
- the departure of Bill Baker – a well-respected and long-time member of the Microsoft team
- predictions for Microsoft in the data warehouse appliance and data quality markets


The panel also discusses software as a service as a way to get the midmarket involved in BI. The experts on this panel are: Claudia Imhoff, John Myers, Seth Grimes, Richard Hackathorn and Colin White.

You can listen directly in the website or download as podcast (Mp3 file). B-Eye-Network keeps in the same page the previous radio programs.

This is an excellent initiative to publicize news, trends and technologies, and also a good opportunity to listen opinions from experts of BI Industry.

Understanding Master Data Management and Service-Oriented Architecture

"How do you understand MDM from an architectural perspective - not just the products that implement MDM, but how the pieces fit together?". That is the Dan Wolfson's question, based on that successful MDM implementations involve more than just the right technology.

Dan Wolfson gave a podcast interview to SearchDataManagement last month, where he talks about:

- Learn more about the relationship between MDM and SOA and what value MDM systems can provide SOAs.
- Find out what many organizations reported about their MDM experiences, which inspired Wolfson and his colleagues to write the book.
- Hear what a "reference architecture" is and its relevance to MDM deployments.
- Learn two reasons why many organizations don't seem to be ready for the MDM technology being offered today.

For those interested in MDM and SOA working together, Dan Wolfson co-authored a book, with his colleagues from IBM Allen Dreibelbis, Eberhard Hechler, Ivan Milman, Martin Oberhofer,and Paul van Run, called: Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach to Managing Core Information

DM Radio about Requirements Gathering

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Today, July 24th, at 3:00 PM ET, the DM Review,in its initiative called DM Radio, will provide a live web broadcast about Requirements Gathering.


According DM Review, you will learn:
• The value of a multidisciplinary project team
• The difference between mandating “what” versus “how”
• Why the rationale for all requirements should be articulated
• The importance of defining and following a transparent process
• How compliance raises the stakes in requirements gathering
• The role of validation and verification
• Common mistakes in requirements gathering, and how to avoid them

In the DM Review website, you can register for this live Web broadcast.

You also can check out the DM Radio archives to hear previous programs with a variety of other issues.

DM Review presents live Web broadcast about Performance dashboards

Today, July 17th, at 3:00 PM ET, will happen a live Web broadcast presentation about Performance dashboards, provided by DM Review, in its initiative called DM Radio.

The subject is: What's Behind the Dashboards, hosted by Eric Kavanagh with Jim Ericson


According DM Review:
"Performance dashboards deliver what executives want and need: timely and useful indicators of corporate performance. Yet the beauty of dashboards is anything but skin deep. The magic that drives these decision-enabling tools lies beneath the surface in the carefully-constructed integration that delivers critical data.

Tune into this episode of DM Radio to hear some of the industry’s leading visionaries discuss the trends, tactics and technologies behind dashboards. We’ll hear from TDWI Research Director Wayne Eckerson, who wrote the book, Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring and Managing Your Business; we’ll also hear from Shadan Malik, CEO of iDashboards; and a special guest to be announced.

Attendees will learn:
- Data sources of key performance indicators
- Tips for designing a sustainable integration infrastructure
- What to look for in a dashboard product
- How savvy Web developers can use a browser as a dashboard
- How dashboards are really used in day-to-day operations."

In the DM Review website, you can register for this live Web broadcast.

The DM radio is an excellent initiative by DM Review to spread knowledge in interesting subjects, with expert professionals.

Tim Berners-Lee talks about Semantic Web

Recently, Tim Berners-Lee gave a podcast interview to Paul Miller, from Talis, about Semantic Web.

Good podcast.

Listen and enjoy.