Contributor: Philip Russom
        
 Philip Russom, Ph.D., is  director of TDWI Research for data management and oversees many of TDWI’s  research-oriented publications, services, and events. Before joining TDWI in  2005, Russom was an industry analyst covering BI at Forrester Research, Giga  Information Group, and Hurwitz Group. He also ran his own business as an  independent industry analyst and BI consultant and was a contributing editor  with leading IT magazines. Before that, Russom worked in technical and  marketing positions for various database vendors.
Philip Russom, Ph.D., is  director of TDWI Research for data management and oversees many of TDWI’s  research-oriented publications, services, and events. Before joining TDWI in  2005, Russom was an industry analyst covering BI at Forrester Research, Giga  Information Group, and Hurwitz Group. He also ran his own business as an  independent industry analyst and BI consultant and was a contributing editor  with leading IT magazines. Before that, Russom worked in technical and  marketing positions for various database vendors.
 
  
 
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                    Long-term trends in data management and analytics have kept their integrity but with serious adjustments for COVID-19 and associated recession.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
- December 22, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Determining data’s origins and transformations as a way of understanding its business value, trustworthiness, quality, and applicability for specific use case.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
- November 16, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    As you modernize your tools and platforms for data management to keep pace with evolving business requirements, take time to modernize your data team.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
- October 15, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Many people (even experienced data pros) confuse related architectures, weakening data-driven solution designs and their business use cases.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
- September 4, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    This is an important question to ask about many new IT systems and tools. The answer depends on many factors -- including forming the question properly.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
- July 20, 2020
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    For data lakes, as with any valuable enterprise data set, architecture is a requirement. But it is also a moving target, due to ongoing evolution.
                    
			            - By Philip  Russom
- May 29, 2020