Data Quality: more than just master data
Published: 1st April 2012 | By: Philip Howard
This paper is about data quality and master data management and their relationship. They are complementary, but also differ in many ways.
Sybase PowerDesigner for information architecture
Published: 27th March 2012 | By: Philip Howard and David Norfolk
Sybase PowerDesigner is one of the leading modelling tools in the market and the introduction of IA capabilities in version 16 makes it a strong candidate for enabling information architecture.
The business case for Data Quality
Published: 7th March 2012 | By: Philip Howard
It should be clear from the preceding discussions that there is much to be said in favour of a platform-based approach to data quality.
CA Application Quality Management and Testing Tools - 2012 Update
Published: 7th February 2012 | By: David Norfolk
Automated application quality assurance and testing are fundamental to the delivery of the service levels and managed risks that are essential to delivering business outcomes.
Data Virtualisation for Agile Data Provisioning
Published: 1st February 2012 | By: Philip Howard
The capabilities of Data Virtualisation meet our requirements for agile data provisioning: to access any data, regardless of its format, in any combination, with minimal latency.
Best practices for cloud security - how security in the cloud can be a better bet than doing it yourself
Published: 30th January 2012 | By: Fran Howarth
Although due diligence is required in the selection of such services, organisations should no longer consider security to be an inhibitor
Data Migration – 2011
Published: 4th January 2012 | By: Philip Howard
The message from this report is clear: data migration can be successfully achieved, with a low risk of overruns, provided that best practices are adopted.
Tools for Data Governance - DataFlux Data Management Platform
Published: 8th December 2011 | By: Philip Howard
There is much work to be done in providing true data governance solutions. However, there is no point in attempting to boil the ocean.
7 Steps to Business Architecture - a value-based approach for greater success
Published: 30th October 2011 | By: Mark McGregor
Business Architecture is the glue that links the pieces together as a coherent whole.
7 Steps to BPM success - a pragmatic approach to leveraging BPM technology for business success
Published: 30th October 2011 | By: Mark McGregor
This paper provides the reader with a 7 Step model that seeks to suggest ways in which organisations can maximise their business returns.