Looking even deeper into the minds of IT leaders, Dataversity finds that the number of data silos is their biggest data management challenge, cited by 66%. For all the fussing about privacy, it was tenth on the list, cited by just 26%. Here’s the real surprise: plans to use “big data” are falling, as companies adopt cloud relational databases instead. More here on data modeling, architectures, governance, metadata, and other geeky delights.
GoodData has chimed news that self-service insights are the top priority for 2022, cited by 45% of companies. No surprise there, but you may not realize how far that goal is from reality: business users manage their own data and analytics at just 25% of companies. It’s managed by IT at 38% and a separate data or business intelligence department at 37%.
Online video adtech startup Pancast has officially launched in Southeast Asia, marking it with its first office in Indonesia. In addition, Pancast has also appointed Miranti Herwinda as the startup’s country manager in Indonesia.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.