02 Wednesday Mar 2016
Posted in Consider this, Data Supply Framework, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, DW 3.0, EDW, Excellence, Good Strat, Good Strategy, Inform, educate and entertain., Information Management, Information Supply Frameowrk, Knowledge, leadership, Methodology, Professional Networking, The Big Data Contrarians
A data warehousing superhero is something to beNot all that glitters is Big Data, and Big Data has a long way to go before it can deliver anything like the same satisfying results, tangible benefits and organisational agility that a properly implemented Inmon Enterprise Data Warehouse can provide.
Therefore, I have a question for you.
23 Tuesday Feb 2016
In the beginning was the Big Iron, the Big Data, and the Big Data Plan.
And then came the Big Data Assumptions.
And the Big Data Assumptions were without form.
And the Big Data Plan was without substance.
And the Big Iron was without movement.
And the Big Data was without velocity, variety and volume.
And darkness was upon the face of the data workers.
And they spoke amongst themselves, saying: “Big Data, is a crock of shit, and it stinketh mucho”.
And the data workers went unto their Data Supervisors and said: “This here Big Data is a pile of putrid crappy keech”, for they were from Govan, and continued, “and none may abide the odour thereof”.
And the Data Supervisors went unto their Information Managers, saying: “Big Data is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, such that none may abide by it.”
And the Information Managers went unto their Business Directors, saying: “This here Big Data doodoo is a vessel of fertilizer, and none may abide its strength.”
And the Business Directors spoke amongst themselves, saying to one another: “Big Data contains that which aids plant growth, and it is very powerful.”
And the Vice Presidents went unto the President, saying unto him: “This new Big Data will actively promote the growth and vigour of the company, with powerful effects.”
And the President looked upon the Big Iron, the Big Data and the Big Data Plan, and saw that they were good.
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21 Sunday Feb 2016
Posted in Big Data, Big Data 7s, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, Good Strat, Good Strategy, goodstart, goodstrat, Inform, educate and entertain., Information Management, Information Supply Frameowrk, Information Supply Framework, Inmon, Martyn Jones, Martyn Richard Jones, Strategy, The Big Data Contrarians
NB THIS IS FICTION
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Data warehousing, what is it like?
Although the answers are probably obvious, and to be honest, compared to the Big Data hype-circus, this is a walk in the park, I have often wondered why Data Warehousing attracts such a surfeit of lazy, socially inept and shallow-thinking chancers. Continue reading
13 Saturday Feb 2016
NB THIS IS FICTION
All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Data warehousing, what is she like?
Although the answers are probably obvious, and to be honest, compared to the Big Data hype-circus this is a walk in the park, I have often wondered why Data Warehousing attracts such a surfeit of lazy, socially inept and shallow-thinking chancers.
I could go on about this at length, about how I convened a meeting recently (held on the outskirts of Bornheim, a small town in Germany ) to discuss how to move rapidly forward with a new strategic data-warehousing project, and how, whilst putting aside the crass impertinence and barely-disguised arrogance of my guests, I was still amazed by the unabashed and brazen snow-job that I was subjected to. Continue reading
22 Tuesday Dec 2015
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Every year I ask myself the same question. Will there be any tangible, coherent and verifiable Big Data success stories in the coming year? Every year I come up with nothing. Nothing at all. “Sorry, no rooms at the Big Data Success Inn, as we are closed for vacations.”
However, this year things are different. More positive, more alive and more fantastic. Continue reading
21 Wednesday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Data, Consider this, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing
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Big Data, business intelligence, Core Statistics, DW 3.0, enterprise data warehousing, information management, information supply framework, statistics
Big Data, together with Cloud computing and the Internet of Things, are topics that are very much to the fore in contemporary trends in Information Management. Continue reading
09 Friday Jan 2015
Posted in Big Data, Big Data 7s, Consider this, Data Warehouse
This is the first in a series of collections of talking points on the processing of extensive data sets by non-relational or pseudo-relational means, speculative data analytics with these large data sets which is typically non-operational data and social media data obtained from internet sources, and how usable outcomes, if any, are derived, can be integrated into strategic, tactical and operational decision support. Continue reading
19 Friday Dec 2014
Posted in Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, EDW
Martyn Richard Jones
Remastered for 2026
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
Oscar Wilde
For well over two decades one of the most talked about benefits of Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) has been that it gives us a single source of business truth. Continue reading
30 Sunday Nov 2014
Posted in Consider this, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing
Old advice is still good advice, if it is truly good advice.
Martyn Richard Jones
It’s an older piece (from the nineties), but a lot of it is still relevant and pertinent.
So, here is a brief run-down on how to avoid crashing and burning Data Warehousing.
Understand that a Data Warehouse should only contain subject oriented, integrated, non-volatile and time-variant information to support strategic and tactical requirements of management – Keeping the purpose of the Data Warehouse highly focused will eliminate the dilution of a Data Warehouse solutions effectiveness. If what Bill Inmon said in this respect almost invariably results in successful DW projects – and that’s not speculation but proven fact – then I don’t see any rational reason at the moment to change our views on this. Continue reading
30 Sunday Nov 2014
Posted in Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, Memory lane
Martyn Richard Jones
I wrote this piece (actually, it is part of a much larger document on Data Warehousing and Telcos) many years ago. But I thought it might give someone a chuckle, or even prompt some new ideas. So here you have it: Continue reading