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CIOs and CDOs are in the hot seat to deliver data and self-service capabilities to businesses. A part of that journey often requires leveraging data in the Cloud. But many Cloud Migrations have ended up with a Data Swamp, or have blown their delivery timelines and budget. A key reason is not being able to effectively inventory and prioritize data to migrate. In this post, we’ll talk about how Data Catalog combined with the Data Ranking technique can allow you to plan how you should sequence your data migration.

ata Discovery is a necessary step in Self-Service Analytics to find, prepare and analyze data to generate insights. However, it is slow and complex,  which results in analysts not being able to deliver timely insights or for business teams to be able to actually do self-service analytics.  In a previous article, I discussed this as a key challenge identified by Analytics leaders. You can read that post here.  In this article we talk about 4 steps to add Data Intelligence to your data using a centralized Data Catalog that will make Data Discovery faster and smarter.  

Business Teams have access to Data🛢, self-service analytics platform and tools🛠, and have hired data analysts and scientists👩‍🔬. But decision-makers are drowning in data and starving for insights. The biggest hurdle is the speed of Data Discovery by Analysts and Scientists.  Data Catalogs can help address this challenge by adding definition, context, profile, quality of data. It helps make data easy to find, understand, and trust. In turn, allow Analysts to build and ship analytics faster and deliver timely insights to the business.  

Our world has become increasingly digitized. Data is the new currency. Business leaders who successfully tap into the insights provided by big data can establish a clear advantage over their competitors, which has the potential to persist over the long-term.

Global Pandemic has become a catalyst for companies to revisit their global supply chain strategy and accelerate adoption of Digital Supply Networks (DSNs). Effective DSNs rely on data to be accessible, of high quality, and relevant. Read how Data Catalogs and Data Quality drive success for Digital Supply Network initiatives.