In the mid-1800s, the stench emanating from River Thames was so foul that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert cancelled a boat trip within minutes of taking to the water. Londoners …
Data Lake Librarians
Enterprises need to become more lean and efficient to stay in business. As a result, Enterprise Data Management is gaining more attention. In my position, I promote treating data as …
Developing a Digital Strategy – What are the Pitfalls?
Where are you with digitization in your organisation?A surprisingly large number underestimate the increasing momentum of digitization, the behavioural changes and technology driving it, and, perhaps most of all, the scale …
Data Security Policies for Modern Enterprises
I. Data in Modern Day Enterprises Enterprises today rely on data to execute daily operations, conduct efficiency analyses, gauge market trends, and obtain insights to gain a competitive advantage. As …
Data Governance & Data Quality – An Architecture for Success
I started working in data management in the dim and distant days of the mid 1990s when I was part of a small team in the Business Strategy function of …
MDM – Don’t Miss Out Just Because It’s “Out”
In Gartner’s latest “Hype Cycle for Data Management”, MDM is positioned in “the trough of disillusionment” phase, the phase that follows the initial positive hype and the following “peak of …
Let’s Get Clear About Algorithmic Bias
What would it be like to use an unbiased algorithm?An insurance scoring application could assign coverage and costs quite randomly, having no bias towards good drivers with clean records. Or …
Three Career Tips for Data Professionals
Are you as excited as I am to be a data professional? Are you one of the next generation of data professionals? Are you exploring the possibility of having data …
Lessons From The Cyber Frontline: Addressing Critical Cyber Threats
Cybersecurity is currently dominating the news agenda for all the wrong reasons. The threat from cyber criminals is growing every day, whilst many firms are still struggling to implement effective …
Enterprise Data, Business Intelligence & Analytics Conference Europe 2018
The UK might be leaving the European Union, but there is a corner of London near Marble Arch where data professionals from across Europe will gather to share ideas and …
Analytics In A Changing World
Analytics has been making an impact in organisations around the world for decades, but the approach to exploiting the potential of analytics has often been disjointed, focused in areas such …
Data Science for Grown Ups – How to Get Machine Learning out of the Lab to Scale It Across the Enterprise
The Data Lab Trap Have you ever wondered why so many Internet companies use algorithms across their core business processes to drive automation and constantly optimise their business while your …
Developing Your Talents Is A Human Right
To create a sustainable world, we need sustainable learning and working. Software engineering was my passion … until I lost it. Losing your passion for your job challenges you. Do …
Automation – The Missing Link In Your Analytics & BI Environment
How does automation fit in the landscape of BI and Analytics environments of today? Which tasks – if any – can be automated and at what purpose? A short introduction …
Interview with Simon Jones, Head of Innovation, Team Sky
If there’s one organisation whose name is a byword for innovation right now, it’s probably Team Sky. In just six years, this professional cycling team has achieved what many initially …
The Need for Agile in Data Warehousing
The world is changing. No – the world as we knew it in IT and data warehousing has changed. Big Data, Agile, and the Cloud are hot topics. But companies still …
Data Literacy Is An Organizational Practice
We don’t acquire the skills of reading, writing and arithmetic by ourselves or for ourselves alone. We largely read what others have written, and write for others to read. In …
Are You Making an IMPACT?
If you are not making an IMPACT, what’s the point in doing? This was the question Nigel Risner posed at the Annual BDIA Conference in June. How often do you …
The Big BI Dilemma
Every technology, every architecture, and every design technique has an expiration date. And this is very true for the world of information technology. It would be inconceivable if assembler languages, …
Dashboard Best Practice Guide
What is a dashboard? A dashboard visually displays multiple reports on a single page, allowing you to monitor your most important metrics at a glance. Dashboards are the perfect way …
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