COVID, inflation, broken supply chains, and not-so-distant war make this a turbulent time for the modern consumer. During times like these, families tend to their nests, which leads to lots of home-improvement projects…which means lots of painting.

Today we explore the case study of a Fortune 500 producer of the paints and stains that coat many households, consumer products, and even mechanical vehicles. While business expands, this company needs to carefully align the records that track hundreds of suppliers, thousands of storefronts, and millions of customers.

Business expansion and complex supply chains make it particularly important—and challenging—for enterprises such as this paint producer, which we’ll call Bright Colors, to accurately describe the entities that make up their business. They need to be governed, validated data to describe entities such as their products, locations, and customers. Master data management, also known as MDM, streamlines operations and assists data governance by reconciling disparate data records into golden records and ideally a single source of truth.

We’re excited to share our conversation with an industry expert that helps Bright Colors and other Fortune 2000 enterprises navigate turbulent times with effective strategies for MDM and data governance.

Dave Wilkinson is chief technology officer with D3Clarity, a global strategy and implementation services firm that seeks to ensure digital certainty, security, and trust. D3Clarity is a partner of Semarchy, whose Intelligent Data Hub software helps enterprises govern and manage master data, reference data, data quality, enrichment, and workflows. Semarchy sponsored this podcast.

Dave Wilkinson: Enterprise Data Governance and MDM Case Study

We in the West have watched Russia's invasion of Ukraine with disbelief and horror. How could this happen to a European country in the 21st century? Is there any justifiable rationale for the wanton destruction of people and property there? As we ponder these questions, our data colleagues in Ukraine have experienced the war firsthand. 

To help us get a handle on Ukraine's role in the data economy and how teams based there are coping with Russia's military onslaught, Wayne interviews two software executives today who share how the war has affected their companies and how they are adapting to the evolving situation. 

Dragos Georgescu is vice president and chief technology officer of DataClarity, an innovative data analytics vendor with a development shop in Lviv, Ukraine. 

Bogdan Steblyanko is CEO of CHI Software, a  software development company based in Ukraine with more than 500 employees spread across four development centers, including hard-hit Kharkiv in the east, which is the company's headquarters.

The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Data Teams

Most data leaders want to deliver data products, but few are doing it. 

Let's face it: most data teams today function as internal service bureaus that fulfill customer requests that arrive via ticketing systems, email, handwritten notes, or calls from colleagues looking for a favor. Most work double time to keep their request backlogs from ballooning from weeks to months. In this environment, few data leaders have time or capacity to switch from a project management approach to a product management one.

Even if data leaders had time, most wouldn't know how to make this transition. Most have no experience in product management, nor do they have a good idea of a data product. So asking data leaders to deliver data products is like asking them to build a rocket ship that can travel to the moon.

In this episode, Wayne Eckerson interviews Henrik Strandberg, a strong proponent of running data teams using product management principles. Henrik Strandberg is a seasoned data transformation leader who, for the past 25 years, has helped numerous organizations bridge gaps between business and technology. In stints at publishing and gaming companies, Henrik has developed a unique understanding of building and delivering data products at scale that delight customers.

Achieving Success with Data Products: An Interview with Henrik Strandberg

This EG blog is about data modernization steps and guiding principles that can help maintain balance within schools, stores, and other face to face businesses affected by COVID-19. 

Originally published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/covid-19-and-higher-education-a-case-study-in-data-modernization

COVID-19 and Higher Education: A Case Study in Data Modernization - Audio Blog

This blog is about the challenge of data sprawl and how the combination of AI-based entity matching, schema matching, and enhanced knowledge graphing is moving us ever closer to the vision of self-driving data.

Originally published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/using-data-knowledge-to-conquer-data-sprawl

Using Data Knowledge to Conquer Data Sprawl - Audio Blog

This blog is about Graphics Processing Units (GPU) and how much of the focus and industry growth in the use of GPUs has come from their suitability for machine learning, especially neural networks, more commonly known as deep learning. 

Originally published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/gpu-databases-getting-more-value-from-your-machine-learning-infrastructure

GPU Databases: Getting more Value from your Machine Learning Infrastructure - Audio Blog

This blog is about Continuous Intelligence (CI) and how it integrates historical and real-time analytics to operate, monitor and tune systems of all types. Our next blogs will explore architectural approaches to CI, and how to navigate the trade offs it introduces to your organization.

Originally published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/continuous-intelligence-the-nexus-of-data-integration-analytics-and-operations

Continuous Intelligence: the Nexus of Data Integration, Analytics and Operations - Audio Blog

This blog compares Predictive vs Prognostic analytics and gives a quick view into systems dynamics and causal modeling. If it sparks your interest, watch for an upcoming series of articles connecting the practices of systems thinking, causal analysis, and analytics.

Originally published at: https://www.eckerson.com/articles/looking-at-the-future-through-analytics-predictive-vs-prognostic

Looking at the Future through Analytics: Predictive vs. Prognostic - Audio Blog

Listen to data and analytics leaders share the secrets of their success. Wayne Eckerson, long-time global thought leader interviews guests who run data and analytics programs at Fortune 2000 organizations around the world. Tune in to stay abreast of the latest technologies, techniques, and trends in our fast-paced industry.

Achieving Success with Data Products: An Interview with Henrik Strandberg

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