Tag Archives: Data Driven Enterprise

The Good And The Bad Of Data

I have been traveling to different cities on the Informatica 9 World Tour, talking to customers and partners about their painpoints around data and their ability to support the needs of the business.  In these discussions, one topic that has resonated strongly is the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde nature of data. We all know that there’s [...]

Managing Data As An Asset (Part 2) – Walking The Walk

In my last posting, I wrote about how we often talk about managing data as an asset, but that one of the major barriers to actually doing so is the difficulty in putting a monetary value on the data. A somewhat more tangible, if no less complex issue, is that the processes and tools for [...]

Your Data: Driving Value? Or Driving Your Business Into The Ground?

I assume anyone reading this blog is a firm believer in the value of data, specifically the value it provides to the business. But even though we take that as a matter of faith, it can still be difficult to articulate this notion to others, particularly in ways that don’t sound vague or clichéd. When [...]