Category Archives: Data & Information Management
Visualisation into action
Do you have lots of data but find it difficult to work out what it[...]
Lessons from the library: Behind the UK’s web archive
After all, the role of libraries in general has been increasingly threatened by the march[...]
Information in action
Information is power, right? Only if you can harness it and deliver it where and[...]
Data Protection Basics
Some things in life, such as taxes and the music of the younger generation, have[...]
Intelligent cacheing for optimised storage
Virtualisation is an accepted part of server and data centre strategy. One of the biggest[...]
Why does information management matter?
Getting the right information to the right people at the right time sounds like a[...]
BI 2010 – the state of play
By Jon Collins Information continues to grow, and yet the challenges we face in managing[...]
Putting ’I’ back in ’CIO’
Nice sound bite, but does the spirit make sense? On a few occasions recently I[...]
Resurrecting old jargon. BI versus decision support?
No one disputes the fact that there’s a lot of data kicking around in most[...]
Information versus the silos
The idea that ‘information is important and we want to do more useful things with[...]
Understanding your information assets
Information is power, right? Well, just how powerful must most organisations feel today, given the[...]
BI versus Decision Support
As an old timer in the industry, I remember the days when the term ‘decision[...]
Protective Monitoring
by Jon Collins and Martin Atherton MAIN POINTS CESG (Communications and Electronic Security Group) Good[...]
Search: What are you looking for?
By Martin Atherton In the very real world of business IT, the concepts, topics and[...]
Application Retirement: What about the Data?
by Jon Collins and Martin Atherton Introducing application retirement: what’s really important to you? Whatever[...]
Dynamic Business Intelligence
by Tony Lock and Dale Vile One of the most versatile assets many organisations have[...]
Information Management in the Retail Sector
by Martin Atherton EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Retail is the market where real-time decision making is catalysed[...]
Data Retention
by Jon Collins and Martin Atherton Earlier last year we conducted some research on the[...]
Missing Metadata
by Tony Lock When it comes to information, most organisations’ efforts have focussed on processing[...]
What governance can really mean to business
by Martin Atherton Governance is a term you’ll have heard bandied about a lot, usually[...]
Data Governance in the Software Lifecycle
by Martin Atherton, Jon Collins and Dale Vile Many organisations have been driving improvements in[...]
Data Governance in Software Testing
by Jon Collins In the research report Data Governance in the Software Lifecycle we consider[...]
Information Governance
by Martin Atherton and Jon Collins Forward thinking organisations no longer just talk about governance,[...]
Business Performance Management
by Dale Vile and Martin Atherton As markets become more complex and dynamic, is the[...]