Data governance tools help organize the entire data of an organization into a catalog that is simple to navigate. People with the appropriate rights can view and collaborate in minutes. They automate certain functions, which helps to improve productivity and allows teams working on data to focus their attention on more complicated issues. They improve the level of understanding and data literacy throughout the organization by providing users with access to trusted quality, high-quality data.
Hevo’s Data Governance tool offers a complete set of data management tools, including metadata management, and data lineage. It also offers an environment for defining a the standard business glossary and data assets. Information standards like PII, as well as other data governance tool information standards can be easily managed by advanced algorithms. It is cloud-based and on premises. It can be used with a federated governance system where a central system manages the core master data attributes while application-specific attributes in business units and department are managed by separate software for governance.
Alation is another provider that provides a full set of data governance features in its data catalog. Its underlying technology scans databases, data lakes and data warehouses for metadata, and employs automated analysis to detect and categorize various types of data. Its data stewardship tool lets users establish policies that assign roles, and includes an analytics engine that can show trends in data usage. Alation has a broad range of clients including GlaxoSmithKline as well as the Singapore Tourism Board, Air France, NASDAQ and Autozone.
Erwin is a different option, which integrates data management and other functions within a single integrated software suite. It links physical metadata to specific business terms to allow users to find and harvest relevant data, evaluate the quality of the data and review it to ensure compliance. It allows organizations to control versioning according to data quality standards and governance guidelines as well as keep track of changes to metadata with its Data Jumpstart Service.
