How to Evaluate a DBA Job Offer
As a DBA, it is almost inevitable that you will change jobs several times during your career. When making a…
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The Importance and Problems of Language For Information
Language is often ranked as one of the most remarkable creations of human beings. Our ability to symbolize, in turn,…
Data Governance Toolset Disruption is Coming
Something is coming in technology that may not wreak havoc in the area of data governance, but it should at…
Using Standards to Govern Data
This article is all about operational data governance. If you haven’t read Bob Seiner’s original article on what it means to…
What Alice in Wonderland Can Teach Us About Data Analytics
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a…
Too Many Meanings, Not Enough Words
How many words are there in the English language? The Oxford Dictionaries answers this question with a very strong “it…
Critical Thinking and Data Quality
There is an increasing amount of data becoming available that can support decision making. However, more data is not necessarily…
Don’t Do Data Governance If …
There’s a lot of talk about data governance today. But surprisingly, the number of organizations who “do data governance” is…
What Does Hidden Data Really Cost?
Let this sink in: annually, $3.1 trillion of U.S. GDP is lost because of poor quality data. It’s a staggering figure, one that Harvard…
Don’t Hire a Developer, Hire a Data Scientist
The rate of change in technology is astonishing. Artificial intelligence (AI), once the topic of science fiction movies, is now…