IDC PeerScape: Best Practices in Data Cataloging

IDC PeerScape: Best Practices in Data Cataloging

This IDC PeerScape provides insight into the best practices related to the implementation and use of data catalog software within the context of enabling organizations in the digital business era. Users of data catalogs are a part of how IDC defines data-native workers — people who exist in IT and throughout all levels of the business, working with data daily to perform business operations, make decisions, and inform strategies. This diverse set of users is one of the biggest challenges to adoption and a common thread through the peer insights provided."Data catalog initiatives are not unlike anything that is worthwhile in business; that is, you get out of them what you put into them," said Stewart Bond, vice president, Data Intelligence and Integration Software research at IDC. "And yet adoption of data catalogs is the biggest challenge organizations face. Business buy-in, community, and scoping are key success factors in deploying a data catalog solution."

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