Data Dive #33: BI Ops: Governance for the Consumption Layer 📊
Today, BI has emerged as the interface between an organization’s data and the business users who derive insights to present to decision makers.
Organizations have encouraged BI adoption, especially as those insights drive the decisions that help enterprises reduce waste, optimize operations, adjust to consumer signals, and stay ahead of trends. As a result of increasing demand, BI is a growing segment of the data and analytics market.
Yet, at many organizations, management of BI has not caught up to this growth. The explosion of data has led many organizations to invest in data governance at the warehouse level. This has helped to centralize a set of standards that centralize, manage, and secure data. Yet organizations are now finding additional strain at the consumption layer, where most of their employees access the data.
In particular, there are considerable challenges associated with managing multiple platforms, which is the norm at most large enterprises. Each tool is a siloed environment, often with its own set of rules and procedures. This means organizations have conflicting standards on how to define key data, validate datasets, and govern access. This results in duplicated efforts, conflicting reports, and even presents potential security risks.
If left unaddressed, these issues could prove to become a drag on the considerable momentum that BI adoption currently enjoys. Given that BI is the point where data is accessed by the most users, it could also erode trust in an organization’s data program as a whole.
Just as there is a need for data governance at the warehouse layer, organizations must adopt BI Ops at the consumption layer.
Future Frontiers: Fireside Chat with Former MasterCard CDO JoAnn Stonier & ex-Honeywell/Walmart Enterprise Data Executive, Guy Lehman
We aim to host a thoughtful discussion on the future of analytics and business intelligence, exploring their impact on the enterprise landscape. The fireside chat will be with former CDO at MasterCard, JoAnn Stonier, and the former CDO and Head of Data for Walmart and Honeywell, Guy Lehman, moderated by Logan Havern, CEO and Founder of Datalogz.
Event Details:
- Date: Thursday, February 13
- Time: 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
- Venue: 41 Madison Ave, New York
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Datalogz at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit
We are taking the fight to end BI sprawl to a whole new level at the 2025 Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando, Florida.
The Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2025 is an opportunity to connect with a community of experts and leaders in data, analytics and AI to uncover the latest in data management, data trends, governance, and data architecture.