So many companies and organizations are in the same boat. They’re drowning in their data – so much data, from so many different sources.
They understand that data governance is hugely important for them to be able to know their data inside and out and comply with regulations.
What many companies have not yet come to terms with when implementing their data governance strategy and supporting tools, is the criticality of metadata in the process.
As the ‘data about data’, metadata provides the value and purpose of the data content, thereby becoming an extremely effective tool for quickly locating information – a must for Bi groups dealing with analytics and business user reporting.