T2P Data Governance & Business Intelligence News

Semantic Web: Tools you can use

2011-03-23T10:00:00Z

Standards, tools, platforms, prewritten components and services are available to help make semantic deployments less time-consuming, less technically complex and (somewhat) less costly.

Big Data Mining: Who Owns Your Social Network Data?

2011-03-09T05:00:00Z

An attractive application of Hadoop and other Big Data technologies is to analyze users' social activities, sometimes without their express knowledge

Using Predictive Analytics to Tap More Profitable Customers

2010-01-25T05:00:00Z

Auto loan provider Dealer Services used predictive analytics to find its most profitable customers and avoid the riskiest.

Cloud Computing: What CIOs Need to Know About Integration

2010-05-15T04:00:00Z

When combining cloud computing services with internal systems, confusion reigns. The reasons: lack of standards, concerns about availability and the potential for vendor lock-in.

Analysts in Action: The Rise of the Intelligent Analyst

2011-03-02T07:00:00Z

Far from being “crushed” by IT, intelligent analysts seem to be emerging stronger than ever in business.

A Prescription for Public-Sector Big Data Woes

2011-03-16T07:00:00Z

Instead of just reporting on data, shops should be exploring their data. This is particularly true in government, where very large data sets can benefit from cutting-edge visual data exploration technologies.

Court Validates Red Flags Exemptions

2011-03-27T21:46:46Z

A U.S. Appellate court decision March 4 further validates that physicians and attorneys are exempt from the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule.

Data Protection Law and the Ethical Use of Analytics

2010-11-30T16:55:35Z

The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (the “Centre”) this week issued “Data Protection Law and the Ethical Use of Analytics,” authored for the Centre by Paul Schwartz, Professor of Law, Berkeley Law School, University of California. Marty Abrams shared this paper on November 30, 2010, at the European Data Protection and Privacy Conference in Brussels and plans to present the paper on December 1, 2010, at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The paper examines the increasing role of analytics – the use of information to make decisions and to create new products and services – in 21st century organizations. Analytics provides a way for organizations to draw on the great quantities of information in their control or available from third parties. Leading authorities on the practice of analytics refer to the phenomenon as “the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative analytics, explanatory and predictive models, and fact-based management to drive decisions and actions.” According to the paper, analytics takes the information that entities have, or to which they can gain access, and converts the information into knowledge they can act on.

The paper argues that analytics should be considered in a manner that takes into account the risks that a specific use of analytics poses to privacy and the kind of responsible processes that should accompany such use. It considers examples of analytics in action, including multichannel marketing, fraud prevention and data security, health care research and a variety of products for direct use by individuals.

The paper identifies four distinct stages of analytics: (1) collection, (2) integration and analysis, (3) decision-making and (4) review and revision. It also proposes that responsible data processing should be tailored to the discrete stages in which analytics is used. At the same time, the paper examines the complex questions that analytics raises for data protection law modeled on fair information practices and proposes a set of ethical guidelines for the use of analytics.

Organizations participating in this project included a cross-section of leading private sector companies that currently use analytics. The paper’s ethical standards were developed through a series of interviews and a workshop involving experts from those organizations. The Centre expects that this paper will form the basis for further discussions about applying data protection to advanced analytic processes.

Read the white paper. For more information on the Centre’s projects, please visit the Centre’s website.

A Roadmap to Data Migration Success

2010-12-07T15:05:14Z

Many significant business initiatives and large IT projects depend upon a successful data migration. Your goal is to minimize as much risk as possible through effective planning and scoping. This paper will provide insight into what issues are unique to data migration projects and offer advice on how to best approach them.

Click here to read the free whitepaper!

Self-service BI catches on

2010-12-13T11:00:00Z

Helping users help themselves is a mighty good value proposition, implementers say, but governance is critical so everyone plays nicely and doesn't muck up the data.

Top Ten Business Predictions for 2011

2010-11-23T23:00:00Z

Michael Friedenberg, president and CEO of IDG Enterprise, offers up what he thinks will be the top ten trends in the IT community in 2011.

Using Predictive Analytics to Tap More Profitable Customers

2010-01-25T05:00:00Z

Auto loan provider Dealer Services used predictive analytics to find its most profitable customers and avoid the riskiest.

House Approves Red Flags Exemptions

2010-12-15T07:53:17Z

Bill Now Awaits President's Signature
The House has joined the Senate in approving legislation that would exempt certain businesses, including physician practices and apparently many hospitals, from the Identity Theft Red Flags Rule.

Risks of New Silos, No Standards Hang Over Cloud - Information Management

2010-11-23T21:51:09Z

Risks of New Silos, No Standards Hang Over Cloud
Information Management
... planning or moving their companies to the cloud, but that only 34 percent of those companies have a plan in place for information governance and access. ...

Actionable Strategies Releases Data Governance Methodology - PR.com (press release)

2010-11-15T08:00:41Z

Actionable Strategies Releases Data Governance Methodology
PR.com (press release)
“Consultants from Actionable Strategies have formulated data governance programs for some of the largest and most complex organizations in the world. ...

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Business Rules and Data Rules: What's the Difference? - B-EYE-Network

2010-11-18T10:13:13Z

Business Rules and Data Rules: What's the Difference?
B-EYE-Network
With the Data Governance Winter Conference coming up, I thought that it would be worth discussing an aspect of data quality management that ...
Data rules take centre stageCIO UK

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Data Governance Assessment Finds Companies at a Turning Point - PR-USA.net (press release)

2010-11-23T09:40:53Z

Data Governance Assessment Finds Companies at a Turning Point
PR-USA.net (press release)
Kalido, the leading independent provider of data governance solutions, today released its initial analysis of their Data Governance Maturity Assessment ...

Information Governance In The Clouds - NetworkComputing.com

2010-11-24T14:07:33Z

Information Governance In The Clouds
NetworkComputing.com
Information governance, aka data governance, is about creating order to the extent necessary and possible out of the existing information infrastructure ...

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Data Governance and the Social Enterprise - Smart Data Collective

2010-11-30T15:51:51Z

Data Governance and the Social Enterprise
Smart Data Collective
The primary focus of data governance is the strategic alignment of people throughout the organization through the definition, implementation, ...

The next decade: Solving the big 3 IT problems - Infostor magazine

2010-11-30T20:29:02Z

The next decade: Solving the big 3 IT problems
Infostor magazine
Even within public cloud settings, security and data governance is a growing issue, which must be solved in order for the next wave of IT solutions to ...