article thumbnail

Practical First Steps In Data Governance For Long Term Success

Data Engineering Podcast

Data governance is the binding force between these two parts of the organization. Nicola Askham found her way into data governance by accident, and stayed because of the benefit that she was able to provide by serving as a bridge between the technology and business. What are some of the pitfalls in data governance?

article thumbnail

Snowflake Horizon Advances Industry-Leading Governance with Simplified Internal Marketplaces and AI Innovations

Snowflake

At the same time, organizations must ensure the right people have access to the right content, while also protecting sensitive and/or Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and fulfilling a growing list of regulatory requirements. Additional built-in UI’s and privacy enhancements make it even easier to understand and manage sensitive data.

article thumbnail

Built-In Governance for Your Databricks Workspace

databricks

Databricks Unity Catalog simplifies data and AI governance by providing a unified solution for organizations to securely discover, access, monitor, and collaborate on.

article thumbnail

Access Over 181,000 USGS Historical Topographic Maps

ArcGIS

We recently updated our online USGS historical topographic map collection with over 1,745 new maps for a new total of over 181,000 maps.

article thumbnail

Zenlytic Is Building You A Better Coworker With AI Agents

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary The purpose of business intelligence systems is to allow anyone in the business to access and decode data to help them make informed decisions. Support Data Engineering Podcast Summary The purpose of business intelligence systems is to allow anyone in the business to access and decode data to help them make informed decisions.

Building 278
article thumbnail

Govern an Open Lakehouse with Snowflake Open Catalog

Snowflake

An open standard for storage format and catalog API has helped, but there’s still a need for open standards for the catalog, including a consistent way to apply security access controls to data. To address these security and governance challenges, Snowflake worked with the community to form open standards with Apache Polaris™ (incubating).

article thumbnail

How Snowflake and Merit Helped Provide Over 120,000 Students with Access to Education Funding 

Snowflake

Snowflake joined forces with Merit to provide an identity verification platform and a set of program delivery services that help run large-scale government programs in areas such as licensing regulations, workforce development, emergency management, and educational grants and scholarships. That’s where Snowflake and Merit stepped in.