Ignore Tableau governance at your company's peril; Oracle OpenWorld 2017 in review, ICYMI

Information Management Digest A roundup of information management content from TechTarget's network | Nov. 2, 2017 FEATURED STORY Tableau governance key to enterprise use of self-service BI software By Ed Burns, Senior News Writer Usage and data governance policies are vital to effectively implementing Tableau and avoiding common pitfalls that can affect deployments of the BI and data visualization tools, experienced users warn. (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com) Advertisement NEWS   OpenWorld 2017 in review: Oracle cloud at center stage A roundup of news stories, user case studies and podcasts from the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference, where the spotlight was focused on Oracle's cloud services and technologies. (SearchOracle.com)   What sports can teach about data-driven decision-making MIT lecturer Ben Shields says businesses can learn a lot about analytical decision-making from the progress that sports teams have made on effective use of data in recent years. (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com)   Connectedness is king as Neo4j ports graph database to Spark The Neo4j graph database emphasizes easy relationship mapping for diverse data points. Now, its related Cypher query language is being hooked into the Spark processing engine. (SearchDataManagement.com)   Good data quality for analytics becomes an IT imperative High-quality data is a must for analytics applications. That's driving more demand for data quality tools, but quality improvement initiatives are still maturing in many companies. (SearchDataManagement.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Software subscription pricing not just for the cloud anymore Subscription-based software pricing associated with the cloud can also be useful in on-premises deployments, as shown by Tableau's full embrace of the subscription approach. (SearchBusinessAnalytics.com)   Dimension tables vs. fact tables: What's the difference? Fact tables and dimension tables are used together in star schemas to support analytics applications. But they play different roles and hold different types of data. (SearchDataManagement.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Information Management Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Enterprise Applications Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.