We examine the challenges organizations grapple with in the complexities of the modern data stack and look toward a sixth data platform, one assembled from modular, multivendor components. Dbt Labs ...

You, as a decision maker or implementer, are frequently bombarded with the message that the data in your organization is its lifeblood. In the modern digital age, that data has immense value to your ...

In 2021, Gartner dropped Metadata Management from their Magic Quadrant, replacing it with a Market Guide for Active Metadata Management. On the surface, this may seem like a minor change, but in ...

Last year, hackers broke into AT&T’s customer database, as documented in a report by the Mozilla Foundation, grabbing the phone records of almost all current and former customers—73 million in total. ...

"Metadata" is one of those techy buzzwords you'll frequently hear in the discourse surrounding internet privacy, storage, and social media. There's an array of applications of metadata — a few of ...

The NSA doesn't have to intercept and read all your messages to know what you're doing -- and neither do many Internet businesses. What I find most remarkable about all the hubbub about the National ...

Why would a bank acquire an AI software company? Last week, TDBank announced the acquisition of Layer 6, an AI startup. [Full disclosure: TDBank uses our software to manage and provision its ...

Data governance and metadata management are often misunderstood concepts in the business world. In this article, Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management, dispels some of the most common myths ...

The word "metadata" achieved buzzword status in 2013. That's when whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked documents exposing a National Security Agency program that collected telephone metadata in bulk -- ...