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Extract of published material or material in draft form (usually the content of a draft book) prior to publication. All extracts on this blog are the copyright of Martyn Richard Jones.

  • Data Supply Framework 3.0 – ETL Patterns

    Data Supply Framework 3.0 – ETL Patterns

    Martyn Richard Jones

    Mountain View, 22nd January 2015

    image3This article is the first in a series of articles that discuss aspects of the use of architectural patterns in the Cambriano Information Supply Framework 3.0

    The term architectural pattern may sound grand, misleading or daunting, but it’s really quite a simple concept. It’s like writing a function in a programming language to log in to a database, check that the connection is alive and working and report back the success of the connection request. If that function can be reused either in the same application development, in the same IT shop or in IT in general (e.g. Java code to connect and test the connection to SQL Server) then it’s well on its way to becoming an architectural pattern. Of course, there are much more sophisticated architectural patterns. But generally a pattern is a simplified and generic template for address a generally occurring problem. But as with much in architecture, less usually turns out to be more.

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  • STRAIGHT TALK: Main cause of IT project failure? – Big Data Informs… 2026 Revamp

    STRAIGHT TALK: Main cause of IT project failure? – Big Data Informs… 2026 Revamp

    We analysed all the big data and discovered that the biggest reason for IT project failure is people – Big Data Informs…

    We had failed at Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Core Competence, and quite a few other things, so some bright spark decided to give Big Data a shot.

    The first task was to identify the reasons for IT project failure globally.

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  • Data Disasters: Lessons from Widget and Wodget’s Failures – Remaster 2026

    Data Disasters: Lessons from Widget and Wodget’s Failures – Remaster 2026

    It’s 9:45 on a cold and wintry Monday morning; crowds of people are huddled around the water fountains as gossip spreads throughout the building like wildfire. There has been a multiple data pile up in the Widget and Wodget data centre, there are a few casualties but no reported fatalities. No one knows what quite is going on, as shadowy rumour hints at flying pigs, rebellious ducks and rolling heads.

    It was to be a big day for Widget and Wodget, “your neighbourhood’s favourite Prime Brokers”, it was billed as the Senior Mega Monday to end all Mega Mondays. A mega coup for the hallowed financial institution of W&W; today would be the day that would herald in the culmination of two major IPOs and one multi-billion global M&A deal signed off, as well as the launch of a raft of CDOs.

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  • Why IT Must Speak the Language of Business – Remaster 2026

    Why IT Must Speak the Language of Business – Remaster 2026

    Extract taken from the draft work-in-progress provisionally titled Assess! Choose! Act! Data Warehousing and Strategy by Martyn Jones, Chief Strategist at Cambriano Energy.

    For more than 34 years I have been trying to convince IT organisations that it is not in their best interests to play Santa Claus, especially when it comes to strategy and data management.

    Peace. Tranquility. Mastery.
    Peace. Tranquility. Mastery.

    I have tried – again and again, to make people pay attention to this advice, because I think that acting upon this take-away in an intelligent manner is absolutely central for the success of IT, for the benefit of business, and ultimately for the effective realization of Information Management; whether that is Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Decision Support, Data Analytics, Big Data or MDM.

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  • The Future of Business Intelligence: Simplifying Data Needs – REMASTER 2026

    The Future of Business Intelligence: Simplifying Data Needs – REMASTER 2026

    Extract taken from the draft work-in-progress provisionally titled Assess! Choose! Act!   Data Warehousing and Strategy   by Martyn Jones, Chief Strategist at Cambriano Energy. 

    Peace. Tranquility. Mastery.
    Peace. Tranquility. Mastery.

    Catriona Arbusto, an exceptionally talented management consultant, is coming to the end of her presentation. There are people in the room (actually far too many people for it to be simply quirky) staring into the comfortably-numb, banal and vacant order of their smart phones. (more…)

  • Strategic Data Warehousing: A Smart Approach – REMASTER 2026

    Strategic Data Warehousing: A Smart Approach – REMASTER 2026

    HERE WE ARE!

    Extract taken from the draft work-in-progress provisionally titled Assess! Choose! Act! Data Warehousing and Strategy by Martyn Jones 

    It’s a fantastically chic restaurant. It’s one of the best, if not the best in town. It’s Catalan or Basque, for sure. A group of twelve people sit at a round table. Silver service, starched white linen, spotless polished lead crystal glass, the works. There is even a minimalist arrangement of seasonal flowers. The owner of the exquisite restaurant walks across to the table, accompanied by one of her impeccably uniformed staff, who holds a notepad and pen in readiness; “Good afternoon, and, what would our esteemed ladies and gentlemen like today?” she asks.

    Confused? If you haven’t seen this before then you should be. So just read on fellow traveller.

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