by Anthony Zumpano | Dec 29, 2022 | Alation News, Data Culture, Data Intelligence
In business — and even in life — you can be so focused on “What’s next?” that it’s easy to forget to ask “What happened?” The answer to both questions should align, though, for it’s important to leverage your accomplishments of the past 12 months as a foundation to...
by Anthony Zumpano | Sep 28, 2022 | Alation News, Data Culture, Data Intelligence
Working at a data company doesn’t mean you expect to be treated like a number. That’s certainly not the case at Alation. We’re a diverse, global, mostly remote workforce of 600 (and counting!) Alationauts. This year alone, we were named a 2022 UK’s Best Workplaces™...
by Anthony Zumpano | Aug 30, 2022 | Alation News, Data Culture, Data Intelligence
Cloud transformation is one of the biggest trends in technology. In our proprietary research, 70 percent of organizations in the U.S. and the U.K expect to complete their cloud migration within the next two years. Whether you plan to migrate to the cloud — or already...
by Anthony Zumpano | Aug 24, 2022 | Data Culture, Data Intelligence
If you’re a newly minted chief data officer (CDO), congratulations! Your organization recognizes there’s value to be mined from your data — even if they don’t know how or even where to start mining — and they’ve anointed you as the tip of the spear (or the pickaxe,...
by Anthony Zumpano | Jun 28, 2022 | Data Culture, Data Intelligence
Collecting and using data to make informed decisions is the new foundation for businesses. The key term here is usable: Anyone can be data rich, and collect vast troves of data. The real challenge lies in getting people to access, manage, and search for it...