Quick plug for an interview I did recently with Paul Rowady on the Tabb Forum, you can get access to the video here and a brief summary of what we talked about is below. As ever, Paul has his humourous angle on things and this time my green socks got the “Umpa Lumpa” treatment (unfortunately you have to watch to the end to catch that one!). Last time it was my likeness to the lead singer of an Australian band. And for the record, we did also have a good conversion on data management and BI/visualization.

“As firms increasingly apply analytics to massive volumes of raw data, the amount of derived data is growing exponentially, and the need to apply strict governance to this derived data is more important than ever. To satisfy regulatory demands, the full data trail – including models and calculations – needs to be auditable, remarks Brian Sentance, CEO, Xenomorph. Unfortunately, there often is a disconnect between the validation of the raw data and the governance of the middle tier of derived data or analytics, he notes. Sentance and TABB Group’s Paul Rowady, principal and director of data and analytics research, examine the breakdown of data governance best practices, the risks involved, and the role of visualization tools in identifying data quality and data management shortfalls.”