When I walk into a customer’s office and they tell me that IT is the business’ consultant – BUT they don’t implement the data warehouse (or any other project) in a fashion that makes sense to the business user, I wonder if it's the methodology that's holding back the progress. Methodology is
Over the holidays I had a chance to settle down to the usual array of Christmas movies and, as ever, Star Trek made an appearance. Now, I’m no Trekkie. But anyone with even a casual interest in Star Trek over the ages will be aware of the prime directive. This
As I scribe these words, GadgetFEST 2014, aka CES, is in full swing. More than 3,000 vendors have descended upon Sin City to to hawk their wares. Nearly 200,000 people are here, and probably thrice as many internet-enabled devices. There seem to be more car-related exhibits than in years past.
I've lived in Las Vegas for two and a half years now. When I decided to move here, I was oblivious to the downtown revitalization taking place as well as the burgeoning tech ecosystem. It turns out that Vegas is an increasingly attractive place for start-ups. Thank 24-7 gambling, low
Some strong storms recently caused an extended disruption in the internet service provided by my local cable company, which gave me an opportunity to test the reliability of my smartphone's mobile broadband connectivity as well as see just how unlimited my unlimited data plan really is. After successfully passing both aspects of
Data stewardship is one of the toughest components of data governance to get right. What is a data steward? What is it that stewards really do? What makes someone a good data steward? When these questions go unanswered, the result is often disenchantment with data stewardship. To help you keep
If you've been following this thread of posts on entity resolution, you'll recall that we have differentiated between the full integration of entity resolution within a master data management system from the other (perhaps operational) uses that do not require a master data index. While the examples we've looked at
I am constantly faced with decisions on whether to do calculations in reports or store the calculated value in the data warehouse. So, I thought, why not share these thoughts with you? Pros and cons: If I calculate a value in the report, I could be putting undue stress and complexity
Lately, there's been lots of buzz around the logical data warehouse (LDW). In fact, Gartner is hearing LDW mentions as part of data warehouse (DW) inquiries almost 20% of the time and considers it a "megatrend." The definition usually includes some use of data virtualization or data federation capabilities to complement
One of the benefits of running an online data quality and data governance community is that over the course of many interviews, you start to see common threads and patterns emerging in the way practitioners create success in their data-driven programs. Data governance is a relatively new discipline, so it’s
