Category Archives: information

The Proper Approach: Developing Systems Based on Models

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

A big challenge facing organizations today is ensuring the appropriate information reaches the right people so that data is used appropriately and accurately. Information is the key to business success and its proper care and treatment should be of the … Continue reading →

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Inside the Data Reading Room

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

With today’s post I am beginning a recurring series on the books that I am reading and using as a data professional. The goal of these posts is to introduce you to new and classic books on data technology and … Continue reading →

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What is Metadata?

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

The past two posts I’ve made to this blog have been about metadata, but I realized this morning that I haven’t really defined the term metadata here yet. I know, many of you understand the term, but I thought it’d … Continue reading →

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Challenges to Managing Metadata

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

In this posting we will continue to discuss  metadata management, taking a little deeper look at metadata and examining some of the challenges of successful metadata management. Consider the following questions: How do you ensure that you are exploiting the … Continue reading →

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IBM Information on Demand – Day One – Monday, October 22, 2012

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

I spent my first full day of this year’s IOD conference going back and forth between sessions on big data and analytics – and sessions on down in the weeds DB2 for z/OS issues. And I enjoyed the heck out … Continue reading →

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Advanced Analytics

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

A large wireless phone service provider was concerned with the number of customers it was losing. Every customer lost costs the company $53 in monthly revenue. Although the revenue looks small on a customer by customer basis, with a large … Continue reading →

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Your Business Data is Decaying

Posted on June 10, 2011 by

Data quality is an ever-present enemy of business applications and database systems. Sure, the data may be accurate today, but things change. And when they do, how quickly can you adapt? How do you even find out that things have … Continue reading →

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Accuracy Versus Speed

Posted on June 1, 2011 by

Brevity is the enemy of accuracy. I could stop writing right there, but then that would be too brief, and I would much rather be accurate. Most of us strive to keep our days moving along. Making things faster is … Continue reading →

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Managing The Information Tsunami

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

It is okay to say, “I don’t know.” This simple phrase seems to be the absolute last statement that computer professionals want to utter. I guess the thinking goes something like this: “If I admit I don’t know what he … Continue reading →

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More DBA Proverbs

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

The last post I made here was rather popular, so I decided to dig up and post a few more of my Favorite Quotes that apply to IT and database administration. So here, in no particular order, are my latest … Continue reading →

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