Donating the Data Quality Asset
If you believe like I do that proper data management can change the world, then you have to start wondering…
Lessons from The BRITE ‘10 Conference, Part 2: Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch
This week I attended the third BRITE conference in New York City. In this post, I’ll convey many of the…
New Media Literacies
New Media Literacies (NML), a research initiative based within USC’s Annenberg School for Communication, explores how we might best equip…
Proven method reduces data center energy consumption by 70%
US Industry consumes 32 quadrillion Btu per year, which is almsot 1/3 of all energy used in the nation. Data…
When Vendors Attack (Each Other)
In the new edition of Why New Systems Fail , I expanded many sections, including the one about support for…
Searching SPSS Case Data: An Enhancement to the SPSSINC PROCESS FILES Extension Command
I recently posted a new extension command, SPSSINC PROCESS FILES (along with SPSSINC SPLIT DATASET). The command applies a syntax…
Scientists misusing Statistics
In ScienceNews this month, there's controversial article exposing the fact that results claimed to be "statistically significant" in scientific articles…
MDM Can Challenge Traditional Development Paradigms
I’ve been making the point in the past several years that master data management (MDM) development projects are different, and…
Association of Change Management Professionals. Bureaucracy or needed structure?
I admit it. I’m completely on the fence about the Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP). The second annual ACMP…
5 Must-Do’s to Prepare Change
I already mentioned IBM's The Enterprise of the Future survey, revealing that companies are more and more bombarded by change. The winning…
