What Data Do You Have, and Where is It?

One of the truisms of the Big Data era is that you can't use or manage your data if you don't know what you have. It's a challenge that virtually every organization faces, and is exacerbated by the growing variety of databases, data stores and data formats which are creating complexity at a faster rate than we can wrangle it. The implications are enormous, not just for effective analytics, but for governance and quality also.

Joe Caserta will discuss the many emerging tools and techniques available for data cataloging, discovery, and metadata management in Big Data environments. He will mention the features and benefits of specific products and will include alternatives for Hadoop and NoSQL data stores, data lakes, and semantic metadata.

Joe Caserta is a celebrated big data strategy consultant, author, educator and president of Caserta Concepts, an award-winning strategic consulting and technology implementation firm. His company specializes in Transformative Data Strategies, Modern Data Engineering, Advanced Analytics, Strategic Consulting and Technical Architecture, and Design and Build Solutions. helping clients maximize data value. Joe is co-author of the industry best-selling book The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit (Wiley, 2004), a contributor to industry publications, and frequent keynote speaker and expert panelist at conferences and events. He also serves on the advisory boards of financial and technical institutions, and is the organizer and host of the Big Data Warehousing Meetup Group in NYC.