A practical post on how to create a solid business case for data quality during a data migration.

I suppose all of us pride ourselves on having an open mind, examining the facts and doing what’s best. Why, then, is change so hard? I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about this subject, both with my clients and in a larger sense. I wish I had a

There are two things I've learned at IDEAS this year.  First, if you wear a pedometer, prepare to be amazed at how much ground you cover at a Las Vegas event (yesterday I walked 6.1 miles around the Aria).  Vegas hotels are notoriously big, and with a growing conference, many

Data expert David Loshin presents a good example of semantic inconsistency.

It’s day one of the SAS DataFlux IDEAS 2012 conference – a full day of training. At check-in, the first thing many repeat attendees noted was the size of the conference.  The number of registrants is up over 15% from the 2011 event, and the Aria in Las Vegas is the

The other day across the street at the gas station there was a bear in the dumpster. This bear was definitely dumpster diving in the hopes of finding a few nuggets of great stuff to eat prior to the "big sleep." Everyone was clapping to try to get the bear

Dylan Jones's latest blog post: "What iOS6 Can teach us About Data Quality."