[A companion to the Demystifying Data Governance series] Every data governance program claims to know its own state. However, many cannot even answer a simple question like, “How many tables do you…
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Demystifying Data Governance – How Do We Know It’s Working?
[Part 4 of the Demystifying Data Governance Series] There is a joke about firefighters. When the city has no fire, people ask why they are paying for them. Data governance lives inside…
Demystifying Data Governance – Who Gets Access and How Do We Keep It Safe?
[Part 3 of the Demystifying Data Governance Series] In the previous article, we built the foundation: knowing what data we have, where it lives, how sensitive it is, and who owns it….
Demystifying Data Governance – What Do We Have and What Does It Mean?
[Part 2 of the Demystifying Data Governance Series] In the first article, we established that governance collapses into four pillars: know the data, secure it, use it properly, and improve it over…
Demystifying Data Governance – Building Trust Through Common Sense
[Part 1 of the Demystifying Data Governance Series] Before we knew the term “data governance”, we were probably already doing it. Not with frameworks or enterprise tools, but with common sense: tracking…
The Essence of Data Engineering
As data becomes one of the most valuable resources, the focus of data engineering springs up dramatically. When I first entered the data engineering realm, I was overwhelmed by the boom of…
A Guide for Optimizing AWS S3 Storage Cost
AWS Simple Storage Service (S3) is one of the most popular cloud storage services. Unlike many goods whose prices increase, storage costs per unit decrease over time. However, the amount of data…
Brief Introduction of Data Center Technologies
I have been working on data center industry years. I felt the entry barriers of data center technologies is high. At the beginning of my career, it is a challenge for me…