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A community of data management experts![Data integration considerations for the data lake: Standardization and transformation white paper](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2015/08/1439322506230.png)
In my last post, I noted that the flexibility provided by the concept of the schema-on-read paradigm that is typical of a data lake had to be tempered with the use of a metadata repository so that anyone wanting to use that data could figure out what was really in
![Data governance and analytics](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2015/08/1435864703154.png)
The intersection of data governance and analytics doesn’t seem to get discussed as often as its intersection with data management, where data governance provides the guiding principles and context-specific policies that frame the processes and procedures of data management. The reason for this is not, as some may want to
![Big data integration: The case against an "all-in" approach white paper](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2015/08/1439322506230.png)
I've spent a great deal of time in my consulting career railing against multiple systems of record, data silos and disparate versions of the truth. In the mid-1990s, I realized that Excel could only do so much. To quickly identify and ultimately ameliorate thorny data issues, I had to up
![What do metadata bridges, HAWQ and gender analysis have in common? white paper](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2015/08/1439322506230.png)
Now that another summer of 12-hour family road-trips to Maine and Ohio, pricey engineering and basketball camps for the kids, and beating the heat at the beach are over, I've taken a fresh look at what people are focused on with their data – and what SAS is providing in the data management space.
![Data integration considerations for the data lake: The need for metadata](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2015/08/1405018141441.png)
A few of our clients are exploring the use of a data lake as both a landing pad and a repository for collection of enterprise data sets. However, after probing a little bit about what they expected to do with this data lake, I found that the simple use of
![Justifying the need for a data governance business case](https://blogs.sas.com/content/datamanagement/files/2015/06/1412607852717.png)
Many people who plan data governance initiatives ignore the need for a business case. "We've already had approval for the project; why do we need a business case when we've got the budget signed off?" The perception is that because they have a strong commitment, there is no need to get