Category Archives: Knowledge

How to turn data into knowledge

02 Wednesday Aug 2017

Posted by in All Data, Architecture, Big Data, Big Data Analytics, data architecture, Data governance, data management, Data Supply Framework, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, Good Strategy, Inform, educate and entertain., information, Information Management, Information Supply Framework, IT strategy, Knowledge, knowledge management, Marketing, Martyn Jones, Martyn Richard Jones, Sales, structured intellectual capital, wisdom

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Martyn Jones

Zurich, Switzerland – 3rd August 2017

Image2If anyone can turn data into knowledge then that person is me.

Let me explain.

I am a data architecture and management professional. For more than three decades I have been acquiring knowledge and experience in the design and delivery of effective data and solutions architectures for a wide range of projects and in a wide range of (mainly large global or regional) enterprise clients.

Therefore I think I can reasonably presume to have built up quite a good personal body of knowledge when it comes to applied data architecture and management.

As well as being a professional in the management and architecture of data, I have also considerable knowledge and experience in the areas of information management, artificial intelligence and knowledge management (structured intellectual capital).

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A data superhero is something to be

02 Wednesday Mar 2016

Posted by 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

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SuperHeroA data warehousing superhero is something to be

Not 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.

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Silly Season! Data Warehousing is Hadoop is Big Data? – Unplugged for 2026

12 Sunday Oct 2014

Posted by in Architecture, Ask Martyn, Banking, Best principles, Big Data, Business Intelligence, Creativity, Data Warehouse, Dogma, Knowledge, Peeves

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Martyn Richard Jones

2026 Remaster

Let’s get this baby off the ground

This weekend I read a piece on the Information Management website by Steve Miller with the title of Big Data vs. the Data Warehouse. It’s an old piece, from March 2014.

It was in response to a piece by Bill Inmon titled “Big Data or Data Warehouse?” Turbocharge Your Porsche – Buy an Elephant, in which he singled out for criticism the ad campaign of a big-data and Hadoop promoter.

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The Awkward Squad – Big data informs

11 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by in Big Data, BS, Data Warehouse, disinformation, information, Knowledge, wisdom

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remaster for 2026

I am a sceptic. Part of the awkward squad of troublemakers.

People who ask questions and who won’t stop asking.

People who won’t take bullshit for an answer.

People who are not preprogrammed to unquestioningly follow specific paths.

But to question everything.

Such as, “What the feck’s that all about then?” Continue reading →

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

09 Thursday Oct 2014

Posted by in Analytics, Best principles, Business Intelligence, Executive, Extract, Knowledge, Offshoring, Outsourcing

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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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Mugged in Data Hell – Summary – На Бо́га наде́йся, а сам не плоша́й

07 Tuesday Oct 2014

Posted by in Architecture, Best principles, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse, Dogma, Knowledge, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Peeves, Risk, Strategy

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Martyn Richard Jones

I wrote a piece titled “Mugged in Data Hell.”

INTRO

It told the story of a CIO who was hoodwinked, cajoled, bullied, bribed and patronised into doing the wrong things, continuously.

As my mate Bill said, “It packs big punches, and doesn’t hold back with the shit-kicking truth”.

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Big Data and the 7 Habits of a Highly Successful Catalan Sheepdog – Remastering for 2026

06 Monday Oct 2014

Posted by in Best principles, Big Data, Creativity, Executive, Knowledge, Management

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remaster 2026

Hi, I’m Ricky Jonesy-Innit, boss of Becci Boo Investments.

Last week, we said goodbye to our best commodity trader.

He’d been with us for years.

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Creativity – Three Stories – Remastered for 2026

05 Sunday Oct 2014

Posted by in Best principles, Creativity, Dogma, Knowledge, Management

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remastered for 2026

Here are three stories that illustrate the connection between creativity and what we do in business. Jack’s Retail Story talks about the expansion of retail business; Jill’s Colour Book Story highlights a hugely pervasive tendency, even in these times; and Martyn’s Summer Story argues that there is a strategic time and place for some things.

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Aligning Data Warehousing with Corporate Vision – Remaster 2026

04 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by in Best principles, Excellence, Knowledge, Process

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Martyn Richard Jones

Remaster 2026 – Galicia, Spain

Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence professionals need to think about how their vision will align with and support the corporate vision. Still, they also need to consider how the Data Warehouse vision aligns with addressing the challenges to the vision of the organisation, as well as taking into account the challenges to the vision of the Data Warehousing team, and also, challenges with any conceptual and informational structuring of the corporate vision, forces/challenges and strategy.

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Myths of Strategy and Data Warehousing – Remaster 2026

04 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by in awareness, behaviour, Best principles, Knowledge

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By Martyn Richard Jones

Some people claim that strategy is primarily about building advantage[1]. My view is that this is not strictly accurate. Strategy is about overcoming significant challenges and achieving significant objectives; it is not intrinsically about building advantage, as if business operated in a perfectly symmetrical universe where commercial life played itself out as some perfect tinsel town idea of what business should be and what success should look like.

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