Where we started vs. where we are now in the data world — At the beginning of this year, I made some bold predictions about the future of the modern data stack in 2022. Instead of just kicking off 2023 with a new set of predictions — which, let’s be real, I’m still going to do — I wanted to pause and look…

It’s time for a modern metadata solution, one that is just as fast, flexible, and scalable as the rest of the modern data stack — 2020 brought a lot of new words into our everyday vocabulary — think coronavirus, defund, and malarkey. But in the data world, another phrase has been making the rounds… the modern data stack. The data world has recently converged around the best set of tools for dealing with massive amounts…

Learn about modern data governance from data leaders at Autodesk, Elastic, Nasdaq, Porto, and more. — How to build a business case for a modern data platform? Our traditional data catalog program failed, what should I do differently to make it succeed? How do I evaluate a data catalog? These are just a small sample of questions I heard in our last data leaders community dinner…

This blog was originally published on Humans of Data by Mark Manning — At a Glance A global provider of employment services sought to improve the creation and distribution of metrics definitions atop their new, modern data stack By adopting Atlan as their data catalog, their data team collaborated with subject matter experts to define critical KPIs and make them available to data consumers in both…

This blog was originally published on Humans of Data by Mark Manning — At a Glance Austin Capital Bank, a fast-growing community bank, sought to modernize their data stack to support their evolution into a product centric and digital first bank In just 16 months, the bank has adopted Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, and Thoughtspot, and Atlan as its Active Metadata Management solution of choice The bank…

This blog was originally published on Humans of Data by Mark Manning. — At a Glance Contentsquare, a leading digital experience platform, sought to launch a data governance program after years of significant growth Choosing Atlan, Contentsquare launched their program with a single source of context, transparency, and interaction across a diverse range of users Having successfully launched data governance, Contentsquare now benefits from a fully…

How to quash that flood of P0s and help your data team succeed — I just need to get through this busy period, then I can focus on the important stuff… Haven’t we all thought this, only to find ourselves still mired in ad-hoc work months later? With one urgent P0 after another, it can be easy for data leaders and teams to focus…

How to build respect and forge your own path as a new data leader — In the last few years, the modern data stack has fundamentally changed the way we work with data. Self-service and transparency are up; set-up times and compute cost are down; and on-premise, monolithic tools are receding into the past. These ideas aren’t new, and many people have talked about them…

A curated list of the year’s best articles from the data world — Just like that, we’re at the end of 2022! And what a rollercoaster ride it has been with major changes and uncertainty across every industry. (Especially for the bird app users…) A lot happened in the world of the modern data stack this year. We talked about job titles, thought…