Data Strategy articles from November 2006

Data Strategy archives from November 2006

LEADER: State intervention will not combat ID fraud.
November 20, 2006... Identity theft is a growing problem for businesses and consumers. The disruptive nature of this crime is significant. As an individual, trying to restore your good name after the event is complex, stressful and time-consuming. In...

Experian 'iTunes' to cut acquisition costs.
November 20, 2006... Experian is launching an 'iTunes'-style service for direct marketers - a hosted marketing database solution dubbed Experian Fusion. It is one of the first products to emerge from its #85m acquisition of ClarityBlue in January. The...

IN BRIEF: Acxiom unveils range of lifestyle data packs.(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... Acxiom is launching a range of lifestyle data packs to offer marketers household and population insight, as an alternative to aging Census data. The packs, which will be valuable for major vertical markets, use key demographic and lifestyle...

CACI solution to tackle EU ruling.
November 20, 2006... CACI is to offer a joint data and storage management product which will enable telcos to comply with the new EU Data Retention Directive. The integrated solution, launched with information management and storage specialist EMC, and event...

Jaywing offers event data to marketers.
November 20, 2006... Jaywing is launching what it claims is the first service to focus entirely on delivering a broad range of customer events to marketers. The company, one of the UK's largest independent data specialists, is introducing Signals in response...

Wegener DM lands DLG as Marketing Databasics sold.
November 20, 2006... The data industry has seen a double acquisition with the completion of the much-speculated sale of Wegener DM UK to DLG, while Marketing Databasics has been bought by an investment firm. DLG bosses claim the Wegener deal means the business...

IN BRIEF: Tibco releases data management tool.(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... Business integration software vendor Tibco is launching master data management module Collaborative Information Manager 6.0. The application is designed to operate within a service-oriented architecture, to support data quality and governance...

Tool to watch site visitors in realtime.
November 20, 2006... Businesses are being given the chance to watch visitors to their websites in realtime, and interact with them via a live chat facility, with the launch of an updated software suite. Parker Software has released version 4.2 of its WhosOn...

Teradata backs 'pay-as-you-drive' motoring.
November 20, 2006... Teradata will be supporting the launch of Norwich Union's 'pay-as-you- drive' motor insurance when it hits the market this year. Using data from a pilot scheme that has been running since 2004 with 5,000 motorists, the new policy focuses...

IN BRIEF: Animal league hands DataHold migration.(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... North Shore Animal League International (NSALI) has handed independent data processing provider DataHold a brief to migrate 1.6 million records to a new database. DataHold is tasked with managing prospect and supporter data for future counts,...

Vodafone deploys Tibco software.
November 20, 2006... Vodafone is tackling customer satisfaction and retention by identifying patterns and trends in its network services that might affect the user experience, but would otherwise go unnoticed. The initiative is being driven by deploying...

SGI system discovers two unknown planets.
November 20, 2006... An astronomy project that is searching space for new planets has discovered two previously unknown ones, thanks to a data storage and analysis system from SGI, based on a storage system enabled by LSI Logic technology. The SuperWASP (wide...

Celerity lures Adare IT boss to head of data solutions.
November 20, 2006... Celerity, the data management specialist owned by the Howard Hunt Group, has lured Adare Intellidata's IT director to the new post of head of data solutions. Andrew Haines, who was at Adare for four years, will be responsible for database...

IN BRIEF: British Standards Institution issues code of practice.(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... The British Standards Institution (BSI) has issued a publicly available specification (PAS) to explain the principles and recommended techniques for business continuity management planning in IT. PAS 77:2006 has been developed in partnership...

ID fraudsters eye previous address.
November 20, 2006... The most common form of identity theft is fraudsters misusing the victim's previous address, according to a dossier drawn up by Experian. It claims the wealthiest homeowners, as well as those in rented accommodation, are high-risk targets....

Foreign exchange firm targets ID theft.
November 20, 2006... TTT Moneycorp, the London-based retail and wholesale currency services provider, is implementing QAS' Authenticate Pro to tackle identify theft and money laundering among foreign exchange customers. The company traded over #5bn with 2.4...

IN BRIEF: Ai introduces data refiner service.(Brief article)
November 20, 2006... Multiple data sources are contributing to improved data processing and accuracy within Data Refiner - a platform launched by Ai. The company claims to be setting a new standard for data quality and accuracy within address management and data...

Royal Mail flat data curbs fraud.
November 20, 2006... Royal Mail is launching its first HMO dataset to address data quality issues surrounding multiple occupation homes. Based on data from GB Group's National Register, the Multiple Residence file will significantly bolster the targeting of...

Get prospects to pass on your messages.
November 20, 2006... There's a huge opportunity out there, but everyone seems to be missing it. You may have heard the phrase 'six degrees of separation' - the theory that we're all linked to everyone else on the planet through no more than six links. Each of us...

LETTER: Asset registers essential to success of industry.(Letter to the editor)
November 20, 2006... Why, it must be asked, in a business environment where compliance regulations are on the increase, and every electronic document must be traceable and accounted for, is there still a widespread failure on the part of many organisations to...

LETTER: Take advantage of data management experts.(Letter to the editor)
November 20, 2006... I was not surprised to read that the vast majority of IT managers are deeply concerned about their business' approach to data management ('IT chiefs express concern at poor list management', DS September). However, as data is the...

Has direct marketing missed a trick?
November 20, 2006... As we all know, direct marketing is a wonderfully accountable discipline, allowing hard-pressed marketers to develop campaigns that hit the nerve of consumers and generate high response levels. By analysing which type of consumers respond to...

Mastering the data warehouse.
November 20, 2006... While the management of master data is a two-way flow of information, companies must decide whether to consolidate all sources or allow individual elements to exist as silos. By David Reed If you receive IT industry newsletters, you...

DATA CLEANING: Standards practice.
November 20, 2006... Total data accuracy may be a misnomer, but bureaux would do well to engage users to determine acceptable standards in individual sectors, so as not to waste time, money or effort, argues Emma Rubach Wherever you look, direct marketing is...

FRAUD DATA: Deceptive products?
November 20, 2006... While it is relatively easy to map data fraud to certain geographical areas, are current detection systems really up to the job? David Reed reports What level of fraud does your company experience? And what level of fraud would you...

CASE STUDY: Call for improvement.
November 20, 2006... The Number selected DataFlux's dfPower Studio to ensure directory enquiries service 118 118 provides callers with up-to-date and accurate information In the UK, directory enquiries used to be reached by dialling 192 (domestic numbers) or...

DATA FINANCIALS: 'Pots of money' behind consumer borrowing behaviour.
November 20, 2006... All you ever wanted to know about making profit from data but were too afraid to ask The boundaries between different financial products are increasingly blurred, but consumers still view them in traditional ways as separate 'pots'. ...

DATA FINANCIALS: Business-to-business data users guilty of rising abuse.
November 20, 2006... The abuse of prospect data sources by business-to-business marketers has more than doubled since 2001, according to a study this year by DQM Group. It found that, across all sectors, data abuse stood at an index of 211 in 2005, compared...

Legal column: Mark Melodia and Paul Bond.(Column)
November 20, 2006... Mark Melodia and Paul Bond answer pressing legal questions A series of high-profile developments this year have blurred the traditional lines between constitutional and consumer privacy in US law. Increasingly, businesses have been asked to...

India in clampdown to ease privacy fears.
November 20, 2006... The Indian government has reacted to heightened fears over the handling of overseas data by tightening up data protection and privacy of information legislation. The move follows fresh claims of data theft at Indian call centres, made in...

Banks to share account data?
November 20, 2006... High-street banks could be allowed to share information on millions of bank accounts without the holder's permission, as part of Government plans to tackle the UK's #1trillion debt mountain. The move, designed to prevent consumers from...

Outsourcing slide on back of shorter term contracts.
November 20, 2006... This year has witnessed a decline in outsourcing across the globe, according to the latest quarterly index from TPI. The last quarter has been the worst in four years for the total value of major contracts awarded, while the value of...

PREVIEW: The data show.
November 20, 2006... The Data Show - to run alongside this year's DM Live! from November 21 to 22 - will see leading data practitioners and firms presenting and exhibiting the whole spectrum of cutting edge solutions. By David Reed Data never stands still....

Royal Mail address chief outlines role.
November 20, 2006... Q What is your name and job title? Brian Davies, address development manager at Royal Mail Q What does your job involve? Is there a lot of pressure? I am responsible for liaising with all 476 local authorities in the UK to ensure...

BOTTOM LINE: Smoking one of few pleasures of poor.
November 20, 2006... Source: ASHLight up, light up - as if you had a choice. When former Health Secretary John Reid said in June that "people from lower socio- economic categories have very few pleasures in life, and one of them they regard as smoking", he was...