Category Archives: Data Strategy

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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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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Where have we lost information in data?

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Samuel Wright

Perception is king; there is no magic on earth quite like it, transforming terrorists to freedom fighters, protection to oppression or zeitgeist to zeitghost. It’s why we have marketing – “Diamonds are forever” may possibly be the most successful advertising … Continue reading →

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Swimming Lessons – four top tips to avoid data problems

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Mel Hodge

Once again, I’m seeing first-hand the importance of using data architecture principles to guide your efforts as you create and implement a data strategy rather than jumping into the deep end with no clear idea of how you’re going to … Continue reading →

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