Data governance tools arrange all the data in an organization into an easy-to-read data catalog, allowing people with appropriate rights to view and collaborate in just a few minutes. They also automatize certain tasks aiding in improving productivity and free up time of the teams working on data to concentrate on more difficult issues. They also increase the level of data literacy within the company through self-service access.
Hevo’s Data Governance tool offers a complete set of capabilities for managing data, including metadata, a catalog of data, management, and data lineage. It also offers an opportunity to define a an industry-wide glossary of business terms data assets, PII as well as other information standards that can be automatically managed using sophisticated algorithms. It is a cloud-based, on-prem solution that is able to support an environment of federated governance where one central system oversees master data attributes that are core to the system, while application-specific attributes are handled by distinct governance systems within business units and departments.
Another vendor is Alation which provides a full set of data governance features within its data catalog software. Its underlying technology analyzes databases, data lakes and data warehouses for metadata and employs automated analysis to detect and classify different types of data. The data stewardship tool lets users set up policies and assign roles and includes an analytics engine that can show potential trends in the usage of data over time. Alation has a diverse range of clients that include GlaxoSmithKline and the Singapore Tourism Board. It also works with NASDAQ, Autozone, NASDAQ, Air France and NASDAQ.
Another alternative is erwin. It integrates data governance and other functions within an integrated software suite. It connects physical metadata to specific business terms that allow users to search for relevant information and collect it. It also allows them to assess lineage and audit the data sets to ensure the data is in compliance. It permits organizations to apply version control to standards for data quality and governance guidelines and also monitor changes to metadata using its Data Jumpstart Service.