Since my last blog post, I have spent a significant amount of time discussing the key considerations associated with starting a data governance initiative within an organization. Although organizational readiness for governance varies by company,...
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What has the Dutch East India Company in common with the six million dollar man?
By jheizenb
1CommentImagine it is 1610 and you are a Business Intelligence consultant. You are asked by the Management Team (Heeren 17 or Gentlemen 17) of the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie ( Dutch East India Company) to support their decision making...
Read moreMDM: Big Central Customer Hubs are an invitation to steal
By Steve Jones
IT Departments like databases, they like databases in the way that Marilyn Monroe liked diamonds and what IT Departments seem to firmly believe is that BIG is better in the world of databases. In MDM this database centric view tends to translate...
Read moreWhat is good about Google Analytics APIs?
An API can be considered a channel to tap into a ‘black box’ resource with a set of defined specifications. It is the responsibility of the API implementer to ensure that the black box behaves as specified, as long as all required parameters are...
Read moreInformation Governance: The Gateway to Cost Reduction and Increased Customer Satisfaction
In recent weeks, I have spent a significant amount of time discussing the benefits of implementing an information governance strategy with clients. Although these discussions may have different starting points, there are often similar rationales...
Read moreRelation therapy for business and IT?
By jheizenb
Love and marriage go together like horse and carriage. This is a well known song made popular by Al Bundy back in the eighties when Business Intelligence (BI) was still known as the monthly sales report. Just like horse and carriage there is another...
Read moreMDM: Getting it right first time
By Steve Jones
Businesses around the globe are looking at new ways of decreasing lead times while increasing quality and decreasing risk. There are numerous approaches and methods that are proposed in different scenarios but only one that has consistently proven...
Read moreBig Data is an opportunity
By jheizenb
A while ago 13 years old son asked me if I was familiar with the term 'Infobesity'? To be honest I had heard of it before but was unsure about the correct definition so I had to look it up. It quickly found out that the word is a combination of...
Read moreMDM: The boundary between Master Data Management and Maintenance
By Steve Jones
So when does MDM actually become about management of master data? Speaking today to an old friend in the banking sector he highlighted a couple of key things about their challenges on MDM. One of them is that a lot of organisations make the mistake...
Read moreMobile DQ – the Next Evolution of Mobile BI?
I recently attended a Webinar on SAP’s geographic data services (such as geocoding and proximity matching). In listening to the material being presented, I began to consider a much broader picture of data quality in the current market place. ...
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