Filling the requirements hole
What would a tool halfway between RM and Visio look like?
Big data issues
How you store big data is one thing - how you make sure it is suitable for analysis is something else
Big Data governance and EU data law – Part 2 - I talk to the experts
Further thoughts on Data Protection issues and Big Data.
Big Data governance and EU data law – Part 1 - I raise some questions – and highlight some resources
Individuals' consent is 'almost always' required by firms when using personal data in big data projects centred on profiling and that's a governance issue which perhaps needs legal, as much as IT, advice
Research note: testing - Some questions you should be asking your testing partners
External testing consultancies are useful, but you can't outsource your responsibilities and there are some questions you should ask.
Informatica positions itself in the security space
Data privacy is both a governance and a security issue. With its data masking Informatica is targeting the latter space and there may be more to come
Banks collaborating! Shock! Horror!
Until now there has been no easy, inexpensive and compliant way for banks to share information about "bad people"
FATCA and data governance - The US FATCA laws will required good data governance
FATCA is US-imposed law that applies both to US and non-US financial institutions. In the latter case it applies whenever you have US citizens as clients
Disappointed in data governance
Data governance as currently practised is not good enough
Process, governance and spreadsheets
If you want to have proper governance over spreadsheets you need to understand the processes involved in creating and using spreadsheets.