Senior Execs Should Know What Metadata Means

Good piece in SASCom Voices (Read it all at the link):

' ... “We’ll know that data has finally made it as the second most valuable asset in our company when all senior executives understand what 'metadata' means." This was an absolutely wonderful quote from a senior leader at a large insurance company with accountability for an enterprise data management initiative. (Even better, the first most valuable asset for this insurer was its employees.)

A few short years ago, data management had not made the top list of projects at many insurance companies, but now we’re seeing insurers begin to make strategic and organizational investments in their data management initiatives. But this executive’s comment is well put – data management applies to all data from capture to presentation. Data management does not start in a data warehouse – it starts with the point of entry, which makes data quality everybody’s responsibility ... '