Tuesday: May 2, 2006 2:14 AM
The new issue of HBR arrived today and I noticed one again the focus of articles toward C positions (COO, CIO, Executive). Yet, if one were to look at the vast majority of positions in the organizations there are only 3 or 4 versus thousands of o...
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Tuesday: May 2, 2006 1:10 PM
Ouch! For the first time, filling up my six cylinder truck went to $50.00. How should I feel about this? As a consumer, it sucks. Assuming normal mileage in a year, my gas bill could top $5,000. The problem is that in order to buy a more fuel ...
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Thursday: May 4, 2006 1:12 PM
1. People in the global economy only want the low end information technology jobs. It is an incorrect assumption that information workers around the world will be satisfied with our low end operations and development functions. The higher end ar...
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Wednesday: May 10, 2006 6:17 PM
I suppose if one thinks about the job of St. Peter then the answer is obvious; yes. The simplest meta-model would be from the Baptist since all St. Peter would need is the name and Save Date or Save_Date or SAVDAT. Other religions that weigh you...
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Thursday: May 11, 2006 1:35 AM
Collected a small group of data professional that have an online presence where you can learn from thier publications or efforts to expand the body of knowledge.
Data Professionals
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Friday: May 12, 2006 11:50 AM
Could our Enterprise Metadata Blog actually rank in the Top 2% of all blogs? According to Technorati, we do and that’s pretty cool. Of course, it helps that there are now 38.6 million blogs in the world and the long tail of popularity comes into...
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Friday: May 12, 2006 11:58 AM
Just got through Don Tapscott’s Rethinking Information Technology and Competitive Advantage part 2. This part focused on the collaborative nature of both business and its use of technology. This paper can be found on Don’s website or through a q...
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Monday: May 15, 2006 11:40 AM
Interesting thing about names and more importantly system names. Suppose during the business requirements phase of a major project we decide to name the new customer management system SIMSYS or Simple Information Management System. When the requ...
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Tuesday: May 16, 2006 11:07 AM
Wow, I can hardly imagine the supple chain of a single Dell computer. I recently came across the fact that a single Dell computer may integrate as many as 400 suppliers from design to delivery. From Texas to Malaysia, the electronic world is ind...
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Saturday: May 20, 2006 12:50 PM
If I were to ask you what Microsoft's fastest growing product is, which product would you choose? In 2003, The Register reported that SharePoint was the fastest growing product with more than 30 million licenses. Collaborative products are not new...
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Tuesday: May 23, 2006 3:25 PM
Suppose for a moment that your organization has deployed and is supporting a structured registry for the data layer within the architecture. This opens the door for three shifts: horizontal, vertical, and semantic. A vertical shift would move al...
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Wednesday: May 31, 2006 1:04 PM
Over the past three months, I have done a deep dive into the concepts of personal branding which included four books and countless articles from both the academic and professional perspective. More importantly, I took a look at my own journey and...
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