Why Data Governance Agreement Matters to Data Analytics
Yet another report on the clash between the business and IT side of the house came out last week in…
Data Quality Industry: Problem Solvers or Enablers?
This morning I had the following Twitter conversation with Andy Bitterer of Gartner Research and ANALYSTerical, sparked by my previous…
Data Quality Magic
In previous posts I explained that, at least in regards to data quality, there are no magic beans, tooth fairies,…
Data Quality is not an Act, it is a Habit
The Second Law of Data Quality states that it is not a one-time project, but a sustained program. Or to…
Trust is not a checklist
This is my seventh blog post tagged Karma since I promised to discuss it directly and indirectly on my blog…
Create a Slippery Slope
Enterprise information initiatives, such as data governance, master data management, data quality, and business intelligence all face a common challenge—they…
How are Predictive Analytics related to Performance?
A few months ago, I posted a video blog to start a conversation around the term "Analytics". I had asked you:How…
Darth Data
While I was grocery shopping today, I couldn’t resist taking this picture of Darth Tater. As the Amazon product review…
Data Cleanup: Michael Clayton and The Consultant’s Role
I recently attended the DataFlux IDEAS 2010 Conference in balmy Palm Springs, CA. I finally had the chance to meet…
The problem with a full box of big data tools
“NoSQL”, for lack of better name, is a generic term that describes any data management system that does not use…
