Archive for November, 2011

Four Observations on Data Governance

While attending the recent Data Governance Winter Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Sunil made four intriguing observations about the current state of data governance as a discipline – and how it’s changed.

Champion Highlights from DM Magazine

The latest issue of DM Magazine is full of great articles submitted by IBM Champions from around the data management world. Crysta shares some of the highlights.

A Birthday Wish: Progress towards Better Care Coordination

Although the long-awaited final regulations for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) were released in late October, there’s still a lot of work to be done to truly enable better care coordination. Lorraine looks at some potential models of care coordination and makes a birthday wish.

IBM Champions on Camaraderie & Community

Community takes a variety of forms, from user groups and conferences to Twitter and LinkedIn groups. Regardless of where and how it happens, IBM Champions cite community as a huge contributing factor to their career development and success – and find value in camaraderie of peers.

Mobility: Inventing the New Division of Labor

Consumers want products, services and processes that enable a mobile lifestyle. Stephan looks at some of the trends that enable this, and how organizations can work towards end-to-end processes that have incredible profit potential.

Data Finds Data, and Relevance Finds You

Alex reflects on the recent IOD11 conference, sharing the themes still resonating with him that will become even more important in 2012.

Bonnie Baker: Empowering DB2 Heroes

IBM Champion Bonnie Baker discusses the importance of skills transfer and learning from her clients to empower DB2 heroes. She also shares an anecdote she uses to teach students about indexes and list pre-fetch. Read the post and listen to the podcast of the interview.

The Root Cause: Mental Mobility

The new world will require mental mobility for success. Stephan explains what mental mobility entails, and how you can begin the necessary mindshift.

MDM vs. Sensemaking

MDM and Sensemaking Systems are different tools with different missions, but they can be used together to make organizations more competitive. Jeff Jonas examines how each tool approaches various data challenges, including data quality, big data, event triggers and predictions.

Metadata for Strategic Information Governance

David Corrigan expands on two recent posts from Jim Harris, explaining how metadata can be leveraged to build an information integration and governance strategy that delivers trusted data.