In today’s on-demand economy, the ability to derive business value from data is the secret sauce that will separate the winners from the losers. Data-driven decision making is now more critical than ever. Analytics could mean the difference between finding the right...
Why Are There So Many *Ops Terms?
A Guide to Ops Terms and Whether We Need Them It is challenging to coordinate a group of people working toward a shared goal. Work involving large teams and complex processes is even more complicated. Technology-driven companies face these challenges with the added...
Streaming Analytics with DataOps
The technical architecture that powers steaming analytics enables terabytes of data to flow through the enterprise’s data pipelines. Real-time analytics require real-time updates to data. To that end, data must be continuously integrated, cleaned, preprocessed,...
Navigating a Recession with DataOps
The Corona COVID-19 virus has completely changed the landscape for business in 2020. Strategic plans that were approved a few short months ago are being scrapped. With a recession at hand, it’s time to hit the reset button on your plans. Business thought leaders were...
Do You Need DataOps? Take Our 1-Minute Survey
DataOps is a hot topic these days. It's not surprising given that DataOps holds true potential for enabling enterprise data teams to generate significant business value from their data. Companies that implement DataOps find that they are able to slash cycle times...
Gartner: “Select a DataOps Platform for 2020”
In Gartner's recent write up for technical professionals, "2020 Planning Guide for Data Management", they highlight 10 critical trends for 2020. The most exciting one for us at DataKitchen is #10, DataOps. We are most excited that Gartner is advocating the need for...
DataOps Aphorisms
We speak to a lot of people about the ideas behind DataOps. Sometimes, the shortest phrase captures the idea the best. The dictionary defines an 'Aphorism; as aph·o·rism /ˈafəˌrizəm/ (noun):a pithy observation that contains a general truth. So we collected many of...
Iowa Caucuses, do your DataOps
Everyone has heard by now that there is an issue with counting the ballots in the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses. It's all over the news. What we just learned is that the reporting system, not the app they created, is the source of the errors. I know we have...
Reducing Organizational Complexity with DataOps
Organizational complexity creates significant problems, but executives in a McKinsey Survey showed little understanding of the types of complexity that create or destroy shareholder value. In their research, McKinsey identified two types of complexity: Institutional...
Failing Your Way to Success with DataOps
Have you ever failed at work? Most people have done something cringeworthy at some point. I have plenty of funny stories to tell. There’s the time I set off the fire alarm on my first day of a new management job. Perhaps even more notable are the epic fails. I once...