How many of you still use data modelers for projects? Well, there are quite a few companies that still use data modelers. In fact, a good data modeler is hard to come by for most consulting firms. I would never tell you that I am the BEST data modeler in the world,
Getting buy-in for data quality can be a real challenge, and a big part of the problem is the language barrier. If you’re on the data quality side, the financial and strategic terminology used by management may seem alien to you. Similarly, there is probably nothing more confusing to a
In this era of big data hype, it's easy to understand the hesitation of many organizations to take the plunge. Finding a signal in noisy petabytes of unstructured data isn't easy. Companies like Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and Google that "do" big data well have spent hundreds of millions of dollars (or
My previous post pondered whether unlimited data could limit data silos, which was inspired by an extended disruption in the internet service provided by my local cable company. This provided me the opportunity to see just how unlimited the unlimited data plan on my smartphone really was. Ironically, shortly after my
Master data management is an application framework comprising a number of different information management practices and services. And the core of most party-oriented (e.g. customer/employee/vendor, etc.) master data management systems is some mechanism for entity resolution, which fundamentally is intended to identify connections between data instances that refer to the
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
