02 Wed 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 Tue 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 Sun Feb 2016
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This week, I expound a radical approach to curbing abuse of the term ‘strategy’. Why did I choose to pick a strategy this week? Simples, it is the most overabused term in the entire deck of bullshit bingo cards.
For me, strategy in a business context only has one truly appropriate meaning. Strategy is a cohesive and coherent response to a significant challenge. Nothing more and nothing less.
21 Sun Feb 2016
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Dans ce pays-ci, il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres – Voltair
My gran used to tell me that honesty pays. Of course, she never really understood banking or IT, probably because she didn’t really want to know anything about them. She never lived to witness the amazing hype circuses, hear the spin-doctors’ mendacious spiel or partake in the focus-group dog-and-pony shows of the 21st century. Indeed, if honesty were guaranteed, my grandmother would have amassed more wealth than Warren Buffett.
21 Sun Feb 2016
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Step up to the plate, get real with the bleeding-edge reality that we are facing, and seize the bull by the horns, as time is fast running out.
Yes, the moment of truth has arrived. It’s time to choose on which side of history we want to be on. Now is the time to make up our minds. The choices are clear. Big Data or the dark unknown? Continue reading
21 Sun Feb 2016
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Across the face of planet earth, people are anxiously awaiting the next greatest money-spinning mega-trend. Hottest of the hot, is Big Data Science, hailed by all and sundry as the most promising route to a salubriously sexy and exhilarating future, and the accumulation of riches beyond the dreams of avarice. I kid thee not.
But, how is this all going to be achieved? Continue reading
21 Sun 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 Sat 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
09 Sat Jan 2016
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05 Tue Jan 2016
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
GOOD STRATEGY 