September 15, 2026 - IData Inc. will be exhibiting at the upcoming EDUCAUSE Annual Conference which connects the best thinkers in higher education technology. This event is in Denver and is being held September 29th through October 2nd. Professionals and technology providers from around the world gather at this conference to network, share ideas, grow professionally, and discover solutions to today’s challenges for higher education. Since 2004, IData has been assisting higher education institutions with their technology, data intelligence, data governance, data catalog, data management, and integration needs - and now AI initiatives, too. At our booth #244, IData will be showing the enhanced Data Cookbook solution and the IData library of integration connectors including those for Slate, ACI, and Concur solutions. Learn more in the booth about the data steward in the AI loop, how AI helps data governance, and how data governance helps AI. IData in its 22-year-old history has participated in 17 EDUCAUSE conferences. Hope to see you there. More information about the conference can be found at https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference.
August 26, 2026 - A data governance and data intelligence initiative is very important to an organization. And for the initiative to succeed it needs to have a trained staff and communication to those involved which is every data user at the organization. IData has created some blog posts and videos on the subject of communication about data governance / data intelligence and the training of employees about data governance / data intelligence. Please take advantage of these resources.
Blog posts in the spotlight include:
Effective Data-Related Onboarding and Training
Set Up Your Data Governance Training Matrix
Internal Communication Regarding Data Quality
Have Data Communication Plan
Data Governance Portal and Frequency of Data Intelligence Training
Videos in the spotlight include:
Training the Data Stewards
Adult Learning 101 for Data Intelligence and Data Governance
Implementing and Training Phase of Data Governance Oversight and Management
Take advantage of these resources. This spotlight is located at https://www.datacookbook.com/training-communication-spotlight. Also, other spotlights are located at www.datacookbook.com/spotlights.
July 23, 2026 - A technology project is a terrific time to enhance data governance and data intelligence efforts. Whether your project is large or small - switching solutions, system migration, move to SaaS, integration, implementing AI, or other new product implementation such as a new CRM - it's the perfect time to enhance your data governance efforts. Link the data requirements of your project to your data governance efforts. This month, IData is spotlighting technology projects and their increased success due to linkage with data governance and data intelligence. This spotlight features a web page of educational resources (blog posts, videos, and recorded webinars) around the topic of technology projects.
Blog posts in the spotlight include those on integration and migration to SaaS projects. Videos in the spotlight include those on "Challenges, Opportunities and ROI During an ERP Migration" as well as one about "Moving to SaaS Project Management Challenges & Potential Negative Outcomes". We have done some webinars on this as well and have recordings of sessions such as "Implementing Data Governance During a Data Warehousing Project" and "Best Practices for Leveraging Data Governance During Major ERP Implementations".
Take advantage of these resources. This spotlight is located at www.datacookbook.com/technology-projects-spotlight. Also, other spotlights are located at www.datacookbook.com/spotlights.