Metadata is data about data. That is to say, metadata reflects macro trends that track the evolution of a massive data set. Not surprisingly, in this age of Big Data and data mining, there is a lot of...

With the huge amount of data available in great variety, big data is a hot topic today. Along with this, new data is being generated quickly. As a result, big data is soon growing to be part of the economy....

Image by laverrue / Flickr With the emergent ability to store and analyze big data, many organizations are making data quality the sole responsibility of a single entity. This role of data governance acts...