In my last post, I discussed why cloud architects need to be business savvy when transforming IT to ITaaS.  Part of that discussion was how to get the information needed to assess the organization and the technology.  In this post I will dig a little deeper into that assessment process, starting with the working definition

Data Quality / Governance The data quality/data governance challenge is how to ensure that the business-critical decisions being made can be accomplished with high enough confidence that you can move from data governance to the realm of decision governance (i.e. all decisions are made with the best available information; we are acting on what and

I recently spoke at the Next Generation Telecom conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  This blog captures a few key themes from my speech and highlights some innovative work my team is doing in helping telcos deal with exponential customer growth. But first, a quick sidebar to draw out parallels between musical rehearsals and the

Unfortunate Naming Convention In some ways, big data is regrettably and dubiously named because it is about much more than just the volume of information. We all know that data VOLUME is increasing: McKinsey cites that almost all (15 of 17) industry sectors in the US already have more data PER COMPANY than the entire

Welcome back… Let’s return quickly to the movie Amadeus. For those of you that have the DVD, fast forward to Scene 20, about 1/3 of the way into the movie. Or, search YouTube for ‘Ballet scene from Amadeus’.  Here’s the setup: Brash young Mozart is commissioned to write an opera for the Emperor of Austria. In