The Semantic Web and EIM: Part 3 – Meta Data Management
This is the third article in a series of articles on the Semantic Web and EIM. ( Click here for the second installment ) In this article I discuss how the Semantic Web and…
The current issue · Vol. 4 · No. 5 · November 2010
Intellectual Capital: A Human Resources Perspective
The term “Intellectual Capital” collectively refers to all resources that determine the value of an organization, and the competitiveness of an enterprise. Understandably, the term “intellectual capital” from a human resources perspective is not…
Is It A Data Warehouse or a Replicated Data Store?
I am fascinated by the wide variety of database solutions in place across all industries that are referred to as data warehouses. It seems that any time data is placed in a database, whether…
From the Chairman
“Welcome to the Enterprise Information Management Institute! I am honored to be joined by the finest experts in the information management industry, including John Zachman, Bill Inmon, Sid Adelman, Mike Jennings, Larissa Moss, Len Silverston, Anne Marie Smith, and Richard Wang. Our goal is to bring you the industry’s best practices and techniques for successfully managing your information assets and look forward to your active participation in this unique site.
We will soon be adding a number of new features to the portal including forums, webinars, and live-chats. If you would like to participate by contributing an article or managing a forum, please contact our editor-in-chief, Cindy Klima, at cklima@EIMInstitute.org.”
David Marco, Chairman · davidmarco.ai
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Seven Critical Questions to Ensure Master Data Governance Success
Typically, in large organizations data governance and its practice germinates either from a top-down approach led by a key executive– say a Chief Financial Officer, or from a bottom-up approach driven by business unit…
Vol. 1 · No. 10 · Dec 2007
Now You See It . . . The Vanishing User Interface And The Ubiquity Of Information
The history of technology is the history of absorptions and extinctions. No matter what the technology or tool, its usefulness -- or lack thereof -- either leads the technology towards a kind of invisible…
Vol. 3 · No. 1 · Jan 2009
Developing A Lifecycle Management Plan In Healthcare
Healthcare is moving at the speed of thought and this includes the plan operations, defining the right products in today’s economy for the consumer, and the technology to support the rapid changes needed to…
Vol. 2 · No. 8 · Dec 2008
The Challenges Of Healthcare Information Management In 2009
In today’s world of information overload, finding the right data strategy can be a critical and daunting task; for health plans, the challenge balloons. More so than other types of business, managed care organizations…
Vol. 2 · No. 6 · Oct 2008
Lessons Learned: Avoiding The Debate: “Who Is The Customer?”
There has been ongoing debate exacerbated by the emergence of Database Marketing and its evolution into what is now called Customer Relationship Management (CRM) around the necessity to define who the customer is. Many…
Vol. 1 · No. 1 · Mar 2007
What is the Price of Data Protection?
Everyone has heard or followed the stories about phishing, data collection, hacker intrusion, data carelessness, virus attacks, denial of service attacks, employee data pilfering and the myriad of other ways data “escapes.” It is…
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Data Governance & Stewardship
Data governance - the process organizations use to manage the quality, consistency, usability, security and availability of data is a critical subject and is becoming increasingly important to companies large and small. Stewardship is…
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Data Quality
Inaccurate or inconsistent data can cause a company to make poor decisions that could be reflected in reduced earnings, increased expenditures and overall poor performance. The purpose of a data quality effort is to…
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Data Warehousing
Data warehousing is a term that is used frequently but many people in information technology don’t grasp the importance of this environment to the success of their decision-making processes. As the storage and access…
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Enterprise Architecture
The rapid pace of technological change and adaptation makes it essential that all IT professionals understand the concepts and practices of Enterprise Architecture. Enterprise architecture is the practice of applying a comprehensive and rigorous…
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Meta Data Management
As information technology becomes more complex and the need for data integration becomes more imperative, organizations require the ability to manage the meta data for each application / environment and subject area. Since meta…
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