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Using data governance in the pharmaceutical industry is a critical piece of the data management puzzle. Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies face many of the same digital transformation pressures as other industries, such as financial services and healthcare that we have explored previously. In response, they are turning to technologies like advanced analytics platforms and...

A unified approach to data modeling and data mapping could be the breakthrough that many data-driven organizations need. In most of the conversations I have with clients, they express the need for a viable solution to model their data, as well as the ability to capture and document the metadata within their environments. Data modeling...

Healthcare data governance has far more applications than just meeting compliance standards. Healthcare costs are always a topic of discussion, as is the state of health insurance and policies like the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Costs and policy are among a number of significant trends called out in the executive summary of the Stanford Medicine...

For organizations operating in financial services data governance is becoming increasingly more important. When financial services industry board members and executives gathered for EY’s Financial Services Leadership Summit in early 2018, data was a major topic of conversation. Attendees referred to data as “the new oil” and “the new currency,” and with good reason. Financial...

Getting the most out of your data requires getting a handle on data lineage. That’s knowing what data you have, where it is, and where it came from – plus understanding its quality and value to the organization. But you can’t understand your data in a business context much less track data lineage, its physical...