data management
Organizing stored information
Data management is the practice of collecting, organizing, storing, and maintaining information so it remains accurate, accessible, and secure.
The term spans everything from personal file organization to enterprise-level database administration.
Good data management ensures information can be retrieved when needed and protected from loss or unauthorized access: The company invested heavily in data management after the breach.
Organized digital information collection
- cloud storageOnline data preservation service
- archiveStored historical records
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- repositoryPlace for storing things
NAS · SAN · RAID · filesystem · server · disk · SSD · hard drive
Adhering to requirements
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
- metadataDescriptive information about content
cataloging · taxonomy · classification · documentation · lineage · audit trail · regulatory · GDPR
Data analysis for decisions
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- pattern recognitionIdentifying regularities in inputs
- visualizationForming mental or graphical images
dashboard · KPIs · reporting · clustering · classification · regression · decision trees · correlation
Source-to-destination data process
- APISoftware communication standard
- migrationMovement to new territory
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
- transformationThorough change in form
ingestion · export · import · interoperability · middleware · connectors · batch processing · real-time
Converting data into code
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- authorizationFormal permission granted
- confidentialityQuality of protecting secrets
integrity · masking · anonymization · tokenization · compliance · permissions · redaction · disaster recovery
database
Organized digital information collection
- cloud storageOnline data preservation service
- archiveStored historical records
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
repository · NAS · SAN · RAID · filesystem · server · disk · SSD · hard drive · capacity
compliance
Adhering to requirements
- policiesAdopted courses of action
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- proceduresSet methods for tasks
metadata · cataloging · taxonomy · classification · documentation · lineage · audit trail · regulatory · GDPR · schema
business intelligence
Data analysis for decisions
- machine learningAlgorithms that improve from data
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- pattern recognitionIdentifying regularities in inputs
visualization · dashboard · KPIs · reporting · clustering · classification · regression · decision trees · correlation · time series
ETL
Source-to-destination data process
- APISoftware communication standard
- migrationMovement to new territory
- synchronizationAligning timing across systems
transformation · ingestion · export · import · interoperability · middleware · connectors · batch processing · real-time · streaming
encryption
Converting data into code
- access controlRestricting resource availability selectively
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- authorizationFormal permission granted
confidentiality · integrity · masking · anonymization · tokenization · compliance · permissions · redaction · disaster recovery
- servicescleaning services, streaming, delivery services, salon, bellhop
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- departmentsdepartment, HR department, finance department, legal department, marketing department
- data sciencealgorithm, machine learning, dataset, model, analytics
- Business TechnologyERP, CRM, SAP, Salesforce, databases
- digitalizationcomputerization, digitization, digital infrastructure, digital platforms, digital services
data, management, managerial, managerially, database management