A common scenario: Dev/QA teams need a good realistic set of data in their database to test with.There is already a great source for this data : the production databaseBut … the production database contains customer PII. Using it as-is for testing would be very poor privacy hygiene and may even be downright illegal, given … Continue reading Test data in minutes with Elten →

Your company, perhaps a health-care insurer, shares patient data with its partnersYou have signed agreements that govern the use of that data and hold the partners responsible for its lifecycle and securityYou hand over the data.Much business value is generated from this partnership. End of story. But, every CISO lives in fear of a possible … Continue reading Ok, our data is on wikileaks…now what? →

Most Enterprises today struggle with getting value out of organizational data that is distributed across organizations. Let us look at a example to get an understanding of 'why' and then let's look at a potential solution. In a large insurance company, a group of data-scientists belonging to a central organization is tasked with a project. … Continue reading Hybrid or Not – A case study in Enterprise Data Sharing →

In the enterprise data world, one can scarcely say “data democratization” without running into a product that claims to “break down data silos” and solve the data siloing problem in your enterprise. For those unfamiliar with the enterprise data siloing problem, it is this: Data is distributed across the various functions and organizations, each of … Continue reading Here’s the data – Now where’s my money? →

Cambridge Analytica is a name most people recognize today, and not in a positive way. The now-defunct company is a poster child for data sharing gone wrong. For data professionals, it is also a reminder of the challenge of agile inter-organizational data sharing in today’s connected and data-driven business world.  The business value to be … Continue reading Doing Data Sharing Right →