Big data and the mainframe - issues and opportunities
Published: 9th August 2017 | By: Philip Howard
The purpose of this paper is to examine those issues, which arise when big data implementations transition beyond skunk works and into general-purpose use.
Governance for Spreadsheet Models
Published: 7th August 2017 | By: Philip Howard
While this paper focuses on spreadsheets the technology we are discussing is also appropriate for governing other EUC (end user computing) resources.
Understanding data in hybrid cloud environments
Published: 3rd August 2017 | By: Philip Howard
The first question we address in this paper is what do we really mean when we talk about the hybrid cloud?
The Chief Data Officer: getting the basics right
Published: 26th May 2017 | By: Philip Howard
Before a CDO can think sensibly about what data the business might want to leverage they must get a handle on the data assets that the company already possesses.
Managing Data Lakes
Published: 24th May 2017 | By: Philip Howard
This paper discusses why data lakes need to be managed and the sorts of capabilities that are required to manage them.
Concentric Analytics for IoT
Published: 23rd February 2017 | By: Philip Howard
The Internet of Things can best be imagined as a concentric series of capabilities that start at the edge with sensors and devices of various kinds.
All about graphs: a primer
Published: 20th January 2017 | By: Philip Howard
Over the last few years graph databases have been the fastest growing sector within the database market ...
Foundation issues for the Chief Data Officer
Published: 7th November 2016 | By: Philip Howard
Discovering and understanding your data landscape is a necessary condition for meeting the functional requirements of a CDO
The data management implications of GDPR
Published: 22nd September 2016 | By: Philip Howard
This paper discusses the EU's forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) not from a legal perspective but from the point of view of data management.