Six Steps to Transition to the Private Cloud
When a company decides they want to transition to a private cloud, there are a few important steps they need…
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and the Need for a Business Associate Agreement
You’re a covered entity (your company processes, stores or transfers any type of patient information), and you’re outsourcing your HIPAA…
So You Want to be a Data Analyst
If you want to become a data analyst, you should read my mail first. Here in my inbox you will…
Building Diversified Portfolios with R
A common approach to reducing risk associated with financial portfolios is diversification. A portfolio made of components that are all…
How CIOs Can Build Bridges with the Board
Getting boards of directors interested in and actively involved with IT issues has long been seen as a challenge for…
Why Publish Your Data?
Attended the ‘Opening Up Government Data’ day in DERI, in Galway, today. Some interesting presentations and demonstrations of tools such…
Master Data Management: Does an Effective Solution Exist?
by Brenda SomichDespite being a term that has only reached popularity in the last decade, Master Data Management (MDM) is…
Putting Data in the Middle
In which Jill puts data in the center of the flywheel. And she’s in good company. A 1982 photo of…
Analytics: The widening divide. An IBM/MIT Sloan study
I listened in to IBM’s call about their recent analytics study conducted with MIT Sloan – The Widening Divide (available…
