Data quality management and governance
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News
24 Nov 2023
UK police plan national roll-out of facial-recognition phone app
UK police chiefs plan to expand use of facial-recognition technology through a nationwide roll-out of mobile-based tools and increases in retrospective facial-recognition, but oversight problems persist Continue Reading
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News
16 Nov 2023
Outgoing police tech watchdog warns of declining oversight
The outgoing biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales discusses police deployment of powerful new surveillance technologies, and the declining state of oversight in this area Continue Reading
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News
22 Jan 2013
The Human Face of Big Data: Pulse of the Planet
Big Data is about to radically transform our understanding of the planet, writes entrepreneur and commentator, Esther Dyson. Continue Reading
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News
06 Dec 2012
Conquering the sys-admin challenge
This report from Quocirca presents new data on how well organisations are able to automate their sys-admin procedures, manage the use of privilege and satisfy the requirements of auditors. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Nov 2012
Data quality essential to master data management
It is possible to have a data quality initiative without master data management, but every MDM project must have a data quality element Continue Reading
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News
09 Nov 2012
German retailer Otto invests in neural software to net future sales
German retail giant Otto improves demand forecasting with neural network technology from Blue Yonder, a predictive analytics start-up Continue Reading
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Photo Story
07 Nov 2012
Scenes from EMC Momentum Vienna 2012
EMC Momentum took place in Vienna this year, at the Messe Wien Congress Centre. 1,100 EMC attendees descended on the conference for hands-on-labs and a selection of sessions. View photos from the event here. Continue Reading
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Feature
05 Nov 2012
Unilever enterprise data warehouse locked to business programmes
Unilever is building a global enterprise data warehouse (EDW) locked into the critical paths of high-profile business programmes. Continue Reading
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News
01 Nov 2012
West Midlands Police develops golden view of criminals, suspects
West Midlands Police, the second largest force in the UK, seeks to reduce risk to its officers and the public by using DataFlux software that gives a master record for criminals and suspects. Continue Reading
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News
04 Oct 2012
Big data advice from big names, Coca-Cola and Lastminute.com
Coca-Cola's chief privacy officer and Lastminute.com's innovation head offer advice on data privacy at Big Data Europe Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2012
Practical Data Migration: PDMv2
Data Migration expert Johny Morris, explains how organisations can use the PDMv2 methodology to overcome common data migration problems. Continue Reading
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News
01 May 2012
From the Editor: Big data arrives, but plagued by governance challenges and skills shortage
Big data offers big opportunities, but governance challenges and skills shortages could pose big problems. Continue Reading
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News
11 Jan 2012
European river managers delve into new knowledge management system
The UK’s Environment Agency has procured a semantic wiki based knowledge management (KM) system to aid river restoration across Europe. Continue Reading
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News
07 Nov 2011
Shell HR gains from structured information quality programme
Oil giant Shell’s human resources function has been on an information quality journey since 2002, integrating historically decentralized businesses into one assured talent pool. Continue Reading
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News
17 Oct 2011
Larry English calls for an information quality revolution
Larry English, in an interview, calls for an information quality revolution that will put the customer first. New rules are necessary for the “information age 3.0”. Continue Reading
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News
14 Oct 2011
BBC evolves digital asset management with Life
The BBC’s Life series marked an ongoing shift from film to digital media that is making the need for rigorous metadata and digital asset management in broadcast media more pressing. Continue Reading
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News
12 Aug 2011
Data quality improvement impeded by lack of automation
Data quality improvement has boosted revenue at 12% of a sample of UK companies. Progress impeded by poor automation, says research from QAS: 42% use Excel spreadsheets to detect data quality issues. Continue Reading
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News
03 Aug 2011
Round table: the value of big data
Learn what our round table of experts thinks of the value and significance of “big data.” Continue Reading
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Feature
15 Jul 2011
How to manage semi-structured data
Semi-structured data is here to stay, and it offers the potential for business advantage to companies that handle and analyse it well. Mark Whitehorn has advice on how to do that. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2011
IT in Europe e-zine: Data Management & BI Edition
The benefits of effective data management and business intelligence are many; so are the challenges. Get practical information and advice on data management & BI strategies in the IT in Europe ezine. Continue Reading
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News
08 Jun 2011
Data governance framework seen as bedrock of airline MDM strategy
Data governance emerges as a prerequisite for a sustainable, long-term master data management strategy. Continue Reading
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News
21 Apr 2011
Volkswagen creates common data services in pursuit of car industry pole position
Volkswagen’s common data services approach is crucial to the IT-enabled transformation of its five businesses. Continue Reading
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News
21 Mar 2011
When data goes bad: how data quality analysis can fix problems
How can data quality be improved for business benefit? Data quality is complex, and thrown into relief by the pressing requirement for analysis. Learn how to clean it up through data quality analysis. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Feb 2011
Ensure data quality management during integration
Data quality management is the first and crucial step to data integration. Here are some tips to help maintain the data quality in your organization. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Mar 2007
Should I use data deduplication to manage unstructured data?
Absolutely; there are two areas where data deduplication, or single-instance storage, can help... Continue Reading