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May 2013

The Biggest Dirty Little Secret in IT I just posted a blog article that contains some fascinating insights drawn from a recent Cost of IT study. In a nutshell, the insight from the study is that as organizations with large IT departments… Discussion The Biggest Dirty Little Secret in IT 4 Likes

February 2013

Data Resource / Asset I have seen a number of Data Management approaches that identify data as being an asset. Recently, I have come to think that data is also a resource, as it can be exploited in many ways. How do you p… Discussion Data Resource / Asset 1 Like ILM and Data Governance Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) is a process and set of strategies that align IT investments with information value. The result of a properly implemented ILM strategy is lowered total cost a… Discussion ILM and Data Governance 4 Likes Programmer Bob by Julie Lockner

Verizon recently blogged about one of its clients who caught…

Blog Programmer Bob by Julie Lockner 2 Likes Data Security Governance Recently I have spoken to customers about the need to protect data from the inside--- out. As a result the ability to manage data security through a governance lens has become more important. This l… Discussion Data Security Governance 1 Like

January 2013

Is it possible to have 100% trust in your da… I’ve been having discussions in recent months with colleagues about what it means to trust your data. If trust is an important element, then we should be able to take it beyond a qualitative definit… Discussion Is it possible to have 100% trust in your da… 8 Likes Accidental Data Governance I have met a growing number of colleagues and customers who have achieved notable data governance related milestones and successes despite data governance ever being the original focus. Instead, the… Discussion Accidental Data Governance 1 Like Data Quality as a pre-cursor to Data Governa… Do we need to have Data Quality in place (if not the tools, at least the mindset) before we attempt to address Data Governance? Or Is Data Quality something that needs to be handled as a part of Data… Discussion Data Quality as a pre-cursor to Data Governa… 2 Likes Responsibility and Accountability When putting together a governance framework, in my view, one of the key things to implement should be a RACI model. This ensures that when things go wrong with the data, the correct people are held… Discussion Responsibility and Accountability 1 Like

December 2012

Joining data - an ethical question

As the olympics drew to a close, the business of collating and analysing the data began in earnest. Take for instance the medal table. There has already been some interesting statistics…

Blog Joining data - an ethical question 1 Like "Business Opportunity" and "Business Drivers… Perhaps I am a stickler for this with my Lean background, but to me every Business Opportunity or Business Driver should have a measurable and monitor-able positive business impact. Even extra time… Discussion "Business Opportunity" and "Business Drivers… 3 Likes

November 2012

Resources The Ten Facets Of Data Governance Vision and Business Case. Data governance is not about the data. It’s about the business processes, decisions and stakeholder interactions you want to enable. So –… Page Resources 2 Likes

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