Category Archives: Data Management

FDs Prioritise Improved Data Management (At Last!)

Posted on April 26, 2011 by cnorton

There was a time when data management could be found somewhere in the middle of a company financial director’s priority list (or even lower!). Not anymore, according to a study carried out by the Hackett Group (global leader in process … Continue reading →

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Proactive monitoring comes directly from data governance

Posted on April 13, 2011 by cnorton

As readers of this blog will know, I read a lot of articles on data governance, strategy and data management and I found a really interesting article the other day from Experian. It reported that a new white paper from … Continue reading →

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Data Governance and the IT Agenda

Posted on April 12, 2011 by cnorton

There can be little doubt that in the ever more technology-saturated, interconnected 21st Century, IT departments play a vital role in the gathering and management of business data. Gone are the days when IT technicians were only there to install … Continue reading →

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On-demand hardware and data management platforms

Posted on April 4, 2011 by cnorton

We all know that the corporate world is always hungry for information as business owners want to know every tiny detail to ensure they stay on top of their game. Without a properly managed database there is no way for … Continue reading →

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Referring to business

Posted on March 29, 2011 by cnorton

In the often abstract realm of business data, ‘reference data’ plays a uniquely tangible role. A subset of non-transactional master data, reference data consists specifically of the substantial entities in the data equation – customers, products, assets, property. Reference data … Continue reading →

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How data management systems are helping the Japanese relief effort

Posted on March 16, 2011 by cnorton

Last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has left the country in turmoil and desperately needing outside help to assist with the urgent humanitarian issues it is now facing. And, with the associated problems emanating from the Fukushima nuclear … Continue reading →

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Data Management Specialist Evaxyx to speak at Europe’s leading data Summit in March

Posted on March 9, 2011 by cnorton

We will be speaking at Europe’s leading summit on  Master Data Management (MDM) and Data Governance in London alongside one of our major clients Wesleyan Assurance this month. The event which is taking place at the Radisson Blu Portman Hotel … Continue reading →

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New research reveals that the majority of staff are risking company security

Posted on March 8, 2011 by cnorton

Some new and interesting research by BlockMaster has revealed that employees of SMEs and corporates are risking the security of company data by using flash drives/USB sticks and then losing them in weird and wonderful places. If I am honest, … Continue reading →

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Could data warehousing become an even more significant IT component?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by cnorton

Think warehouses and what does your mind conjure up? Probably images of functional looking buildings on retail parks filled with corner shop owners stocking up or wagons being loaded with high street goods for the coming week’s trade. However, this … Continue reading →

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Government opens the door to open source software

Posted on February 28, 2011 by cnorton

Until very recently government spending on software was synonymous with Microsoft. It may cost the taxpayer but the US corporation has long been a safe mass market standard. In spite of regular calls to consider low cost Linux, OpenOffice and … Continue reading →

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