CIOs need to measure the right things
If you’re a Chief Information Officer (CIO) there are three things that your organization expects of you: 1) keep everything…
If Rackspace Keeps This Up They Will Dominate
In March we announced our move of CTOvision.com to a new Rackspace Cloud Site capability. After testing we also moved…
Five Top Tips for Corporate Performance Management (CPM)
CPM is about managing and improving business performance, which, of course, is at the top of the agenda of senior…
More Proof that “Data Geek” Jobs are Hotter than Hot
Author: Linda Rosencrance of the Spotfire Blogging TeamLast Friday Gregory Piatetsky (@kdnuggets) tweeted that data scientist was “hot IT job No.…
More Spocky, Less Rocky
On the shelves in the business section of any bookstore are numerous books about leadership and management. I have never…
The ABCs of Master Data Management
A: What is it? A: What is it? At a basic level, “master data” is simply data that is used…
Who will manage Big Data?
An interesting McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) analysis looks at the vast amount of enterprise information these days–and the challenges that…
Groupon, Is this Another WebVan?
I've read quite a few posts and articles over the last week since Groupon filed it's S-1 to go public. I guess…
Do Customers REALLY Want to Know What’s Inside the Black Box?
From politician salaries to calorie counts on restaurant items, “transparency” is a key buzzword in government and business circles. However,…
Getting Started with an Integration Competency Center (ICC)
In the last several posts we discussed how critical data governance programs are to the success of EDW, MDM, CDI…
