Metadata Management has slowly become one of the most important practices for a successful digital initiative strategy. With the rise of distributed architectures such as Big Data and Cloud which can create siloed systems and data, metadata management is ...

We all know we are at the peak of the hype cycle for…wait for it – Blockchain! We are also already aware of some of the benefits of blockchain - but can blockchain be applicable to traditional data management? Though real-world blockchain implementations in the enterprise are mini...

Companies don’t gain business value just by gathering lots of data. They don’t even necessarily gain value from analyzing the data. The true keys to success are choosing the right data to focus on, knowing what to do with it, and determining the best ways to apply analytics to solve business problem...

The recently released 2017 Gartner Market Guide for Data Preparation ([1]) estimates that...

The concept of cloud computing has been around for years, but cloud services truly became democratized with the advent of virtual machines and the launch of Amazon Elastic Compute in 2006. Following Amazon, Google launched Google App Engine in 2008, and then Microsoft launched Azure in 2010. At first, cloud computing offerings were not all that different from each other. But as with nearly every other market, segmentation quickly followed growth. In recent years, the c...

When a disaster strikes and takes down the IT systems that are essential to operations, the IT team is often called on to enable a quick recovery. A disaster recovery plan (DRP) can help get systems back online quickly and efficiently. This plan documents the procedures required recover critical data and IT infrastructure after an outage. But, is a "disaster" plan different than a normal recovery plan? Surprisingly many IT teams rely on normal backup plan and consider...

Over the year, I’ve had dozens of discussions with customers, partners, and thought leaders on the challenges and opportunities they face in achieving GDPR compliance. Since September, I’ve seen an undeniable uptake on the number of companies focused on the "how" rather than the "why" or the what of GDPR. Interest has spread across countries, from the UK to Germany, Nordics to Spain, Italy to France and BeNeLux. But the most insightful discussions I’ve heard on GD...

That’s right everyone; Talend broke into another Leaders Quadrant! This time Talend was named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools. While other vendors in the Leaders’ quad seemed to be moving down and back, we believe our market vision and laser focus on execution was what paved our way from the Visionary quadrant to the Leaders quadrant....

Authored by Niamh Walsh, Sales & Marketing Director, Advanced Metadata A blind spot in a car is considered to be a location in your viewpoint for which you don’t have a direct view. Knowing the location of your car’s blind spot is an essential part of safe driving and the blind spot is different for every model of car. Similarly, the new...

What's new in the Talend Fall '17 edition: start your 30-Day free trial now.  All IT vendors propose to help businesses transform their organizations into digital machines, become data-driven enterprises capable of leveraging information to better serve customers, improve worker productivity, adapt or reinvent products and services in order to find new routes to market or revenue str...