
The Currency of Information: Managing Data as an Asset (Part Three)

This brings us to our third point: Because data only has meaning within a particular context, consumers of data and information need metadata to help them decide how to use it. This is an important difference between data and other assets. You don’t need much metadata when deciding whether to spend a $20 bill, but you do need metadata when trying t... See more
Larry Burns • The Currency of Information: What Kind of Asset Is Data? (Part Two)
Meta-data management. Meta-data, which is commonly defined as “data about the data” is used to ensure traceability throughout the environment and ensure there is a common understanding of the meaning of the information contained in the BI environment.
Steve Williams • The Profit Impact of Business Intelligence
The amount of data we now access has grown far faster than the general level of data literacy in companies. Most companies have too much data, it’s stored in too many places, it’s not ‘clean’ and it’s often more confusing than helpful when it comes to what matters – making decisions with it. We need to ensure companies create centralized yet custom
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