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Kathleen Martin
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As organizations continue to create and collect mountains of data, many are quick to discover that they have too much -- maybe much too much -- of a good thing. It's a big challenge to identify all of the data in their systems, decide which users should have access to what data, ensure that the data is used properly and figure out how to derive real business value from those data assets. That's why a strong data governance program is critical.
Data governance is the process of creating internal data standards, along with policies that control who can access data and how data is used in business operations and analytics applications. It often incorporates data quality improvement initiatives, as well as master data management (MDM) ones. A successful data governance program ensures that data is consistent, trustworthy and available and that its use complies with data privacy laws and other regulations.
Data governance tools can help organizations automate various aspects of managing a governance program. This kind of software provides functionality that aids in the creation of data catalogs and business glossaries, data mapping and classification, workflow management, collaboration, process documentation and development of data governance policies. Data governance software can also be used in tandem with data quality, MDM and metadata management tools.
Here's a look at 15 prominent data governance tools, listed in alphabetical order with a summary of their key features and capabilities.
1. Alation Data Governance App
Alation was founded in 2012 and initially offered a data catalog platform to help organizations inventory and provide access to their data. Alation Data Catalog remains its flagship product, but the company released a companion data governance tool in September 2021. The Alation Data Governance App software is designed to simplify the process of providing secure access to reliable data in IT systems, including ones in both hybrid cloud and multi-cloud computing environments.
Alation Data Governance App's Policy Center feature can be used to create governance policies and view how they're mapped to specific data assets. The governance tool also includes a data stewardship workbench that provides automated data curation functions and uses AI and machine learning to identify potential data stewards based on their data usage.
In addition, the data governance tool includes the following features:
2. ASG Data Intelligence
ASG Technologies, a subsidiary of Rocket Software, describes ASG Data Intelligence as a fix for "data distrust." As the company notes, much of the wealth of data that's created and collected often goes unused because business managers, data scientists and other end users either can't find it or don't understand and trust it. ASG DI, as the tool is known for short, aims to help organizations address those issues through a set of metadata management, data lineage and data governance capabilities.
Continue reading: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/feature/15-top-data-governance-tools-to-know-about
Data governance is the process of creating internal data standards, along with policies that control who can access data and how data is used in business operations and analytics applications. It often incorporates data quality improvement initiatives, as well as master data management (MDM) ones. A successful data governance program ensures that data is consistent, trustworthy and available and that its use complies with data privacy laws and other regulations.
Data governance tools can help organizations automate various aspects of managing a governance program. This kind of software provides functionality that aids in the creation of data catalogs and business glossaries, data mapping and classification, workflow management, collaboration, process documentation and development of data governance policies. Data governance software can also be used in tandem with data quality, MDM and metadata management tools.
Here's a look at 15 prominent data governance tools, listed in alphabetical order with a summary of their key features and capabilities.
1. Alation Data Governance App
Alation was founded in 2012 and initially offered a data catalog platform to help organizations inventory and provide access to their data. Alation Data Catalog remains its flagship product, but the company released a companion data governance tool in September 2021. The Alation Data Governance App software is designed to simplify the process of providing secure access to reliable data in IT systems, including ones in both hybrid cloud and multi-cloud computing environments.
Alation Data Governance App's Policy Center feature can be used to create governance policies and view how they're mapped to specific data assets. The governance tool also includes a data stewardship workbench that provides automated data curation functions and uses AI and machine learning to identify potential data stewards based on their data usage.
In addition, the data governance tool includes the following features:
- support for creating and configuring data governance workflows without any coding required;
- a dashboard that the leaders of a data governance program can use to track its progress; and
- an associated data governance service offering through Alation's professional services unit.
2. ASG Data Intelligence
ASG Technologies, a subsidiary of Rocket Software, describes ASG Data Intelligence as a fix for "data distrust." As the company notes, much of the wealth of data that's created and collected often goes unused because business managers, data scientists and other end users either can't find it or don't understand and trust it. ASG DI, as the tool is known for short, aims to help organizations address those issues through a set of metadata management, data lineage and data governance capabilities.
Continue reading: https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatamanagement/feature/15-top-data-governance-tools-to-know-about
