Thoughts on Data Correctness 1 Apr 2011 at 12:56pm There is a difference between data validity and data correctness, especially in that valid data might still be wrong. I have a series of notes about data validity, data correctness, and some approa...
Papers on the Value of Data Quality Improvement 14 Mar 2011 at 6:12am I have had a great opportunity to put some thoughts to paper (courtesy of Informatica) regarding methods for understanding business impacts related to data quality improvement and how they can be i...
Charlotte NC: Data Quality and MDM Event TOMORROW! 2 Mar 2011 at 8:29am It is not too late to sign up for tomorrow's breakfast event in Charlotte, NC: I have been invited by data quality and MDM tool company Ataccama to be the invited guest speaker at a series of break...
Meet Me for Breakfast, Data Quality, and MDM - 3 Upcoming Events 20 Jan 2011 at 10:24am I have been invited by data quality and MDM tool company Ataccama to be the invited guest speaker at a series of breakfast seminar events in early March at the following locations:
March 1 Bridgewa...
The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement 10 Nov 2010 at 12:45pm Just published! My new book on data quality improvement, called The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement was released a few weeks ago and is now available. The book provides practical i...
Geographic Data Services 26 Oct 2010 at 3:37am If you have read my articles and blog entries over the years, you may know that I have a real fondness for geographic-based data analysis. I have loved maps since I was a kid (when I was in element...
Event: Breakfast Seminar in Boston 10/28 15 Oct 2010 at 8:56am I will be the guest speaker at an executive breakfast seminar in Boston on October 28th to discuss the critical link between Data Quality, MDM and Data Governance. If you are interested in attendin...
Data Integration, 80%, and Webinar This Thursday 10 Aug 2010 at 6:05am They say that data integration accounts for 80% of the effort of a data warehousing (or a variety of other enterprise application's) effort. But who are "they"? I know that the figure is often pres...
Data Governance: "In Action" or "Inaction"? 28 Jul 2010 at 11:00am In the past week I have been sent email from two different organizations offering me information about data governance, and both cases seem to indicate apparent minimal dog food self-ingestion.
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Thoughts on Parsing and Standardization, and Upcoming Webinar 22 Jul 2010 at 1:51pm Last week I had an interesting discussion regarding technical aspects of data cleansing, particularly in the context of acquired data. The challenge posed was that the organization needed to collec...
Semantic Consistency, Master Data Models, and Upcoming Webinar! 21 Jul 2010 at 4:52pm In the past week, we have had a number of conversations with folks struggling with specific aspects of data integration for master data management. The main issue is that secondary users of what wi...
Data Quality and Data Virtualization 15 Jun 2010 at 10:16am As more organizations are starting in earnest to consider deploying master data systems, they are also beginning to see where some fundamental issues may block the creation of a full-scale master d...
Executive Briefings on MDM and Data Governance 4 May 2010 at 10:06am In my most recent article on b-eye-network, I discussed the questions raised as a result of serious consideration of instituting MDM, and how that directly depends on sound data management practice...
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