Data Strategy articles from September 2007

Data Strategy archives from September 2007

LEADER: Unregulated data could blow up in our faces.
September 12, 2007... Data protection regulation - is there too much, or too little? With the Conservative Party's Economic Competitive Policy Group, chaired by John Redwood, calling for the Data Protection and Money Laundering Acts to be repealed (see main news...

Scrap Data Protection Act, Redwood advises.
September 12, 2007... The Data Protection Act (DPA) should be repealed, according to the Economic Competitiveness Policy Group, chaired by Conservative MP John Redwood. Scrapping the measure would save 12 per cent of the #56bn of regulatory burden carried by...

IN BRIEF: Monster hack highlights Internet data risks.(Brief article)
September 12, 2007... Jobs and recruitment website Monster. com is the latest victim of a data security breach with hackers stealing 1.6 million entries. Blackmail threats are said to have followed as users registered with the site were emailed with claims that...

Lords call for security breach notifications.
September 12, 2007... Banks and other companies trading online should be required by law to notify customers of any data security breaches, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has recommended. It believes a raft of measures is necessary to...

IBM acquires Princeton to beef up data privacy and archiving capability.
September 12, 2007... IBM is acquiring Princeton Softech for an undisclosed sum in a move intended to add to its data archiving, test data management, data privacy and data discovery proposition. The move is part of IBM's Information on Demand business...

IN BRIEF: BCS book promotes better data management.(Brief article)
September 12, 2007... Data management is often neglected by businesses, leading to potential costly impacts on the availability of information, says a book published by the British Computer Society (BCS). 'Principles of Data Management - Facilitating...

Applications link up for integrated data quality.
September 12, 2007... Data quality and integration application DataFlux is to be combined with Sybase's Data Integration Suite under a new partnership. This will allow existing Sybase users to improve the accuracy, relevance and quality of their data at reduced...

PAF licences create 'level playing field'.
September 12, 2007... New terms for Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF) come into force this month, replacing the existing Variation Agreements. The replacement agreement clarifies terms and conditions of PAF usage ahead of completely new licences in September...

IN BRIEF: Gartner gives thumbs up to Oracle's 11g.(Brief article)
September 12, 2007... Analyst Gartner has given a positive review to Oracle Database 11g, the first major new release by the developer in three years. It says the new platform's features will "drive higher-than-normal early adoption" with a worthwhile...

Ambulance service opts for digital documents.
September 12, 2007... The Isle of Wight Ambulance Service is replacing hard copies of patient documents with a data capture solution to make information available for audit and review 24 hours a day. The Clinical Audit Reporting System (CARS) is being supplied...

Big Blue in move to become Big Green.
September 12, 2007... IBM is undertaking a multi-year programme to consolidate its sprawling IT infrastructure in a move which it hopes will be more manageable, cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Called "Project Big Green", it involves consolidating...

IN BRIEF: Northcliffe adopts e-disclosure solution.(Brief article)
September 12, 2007... Regional newspaper publisher Northcliffe Media is deploying an email archiving and discovery solution from Zantaz. It will reduce the cost and time penalties associated with litigation if the firm is involved in a law suit requiring email...

D&B helps banks hit MiFID deadline.
September 12, 2007... D&B is working with leading global banks to identify and classify their clients correctly ahead of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) on November 1. Rule changes are intended to create a seamless market for financial...

Banking on paper puts reputations at risk.
September 12, 2007... Financial services institutions are over-reliant on paper documents as proofs of identity and are putting their reputations at risk, according to new research by Experian. It identified "huge gaps in the process" by which these companies...

IN BRIEF: Sage tackles data quality with Trillium.(Brief article)
September 12, 2007... Software and services provider Sage (UK) is implementing the full Trillium Software suite in a drive to improve customer and prospect data quality. It has already implemented Trillium's TS Discovery, for data profiling and analysis, and TS...

System launched to name streets.
September 12, 2007... The Improvement & Development Agency (IDeA) has launched a national system for street naming and property numbering for use by local authorities. NLPG Advance builds on the seven-year National Local Property Gazette programme to build...

Banks must take screening seriously.
September 12, 2007... With the prevention of terrorism at the forefront of everybody's mind, and identity fraud growing at an alarming rate, it's no wonder that financial institutions are coming under increasing pressure to tighten the "Know Your Customer"...

Cautionary tales with serious message.
September 12, 2007... Where did it all go wrong? Relying on people's memories or out-of-date documentation are one answer, according to Ed Wrazen of Trillium Software. He shared his experiences of problems across a variety of industry sectors, from car hire to...

The acronym on everyone's lips.
September 12, 2007... Sceptics fear that master data management will stumble into similar pitfalls as CRM, but its proponents say it will stay the distance because of the holistic way in which it is being implemented. David Reed reports Master data management...

'It's great to finish a shift knowing you've been spot-on'.
September 12, 2007... Paul Gundersen, Met Office airfields team leader and aviation forecaster Q What does your job involve? Within the Met Office Operations Centre, our team provides forecasts and warnings to all the airports in the UK, along with...

Legal column: September 2007.(Column)
September 12, 2007... Susan Mann, counsel at Reed Smith Richards Butler In a recent survey in the UK, almost 50 per cent of employees admitted that they would use personal data for their own use, take a copy when they leave their employer for use in their next...

CASE STUDY: Targeting power.(Case study)
September 12, 2007... Capscan OnDemand has enabled Electricity 4 Business to build a database that improves service to existing business clients and marketing to prospective ones Penetrating a target market of over 1.4 million UK SME customers requires a...

DATA FINANCFIALS: Financial workers lack faith in policy manuals.
September 12, 2007... All you ever wanted to know about making profit from data but were too afraid to ask Financial services institutions are at risk of non-compliance because a significant minority of their staff lack confidence in corporate compliance...

DATA FINANCFIALS: Recycling of IT puts data security at risk.
September 12, 2007... Companies are putting personal, corporate and confidential data at risk by failing to remove it from computers that are being scrapped or refurbished. Redundant IT equipment is now subject to a recycling requirement under the Waste Electrical...

CUSTOMER INSIGHT: Better than average.
September 12, 2007... Gauging the success of individual campaigns is a tricky business. Only organisations with dedicated customer insight across all channels can really begin to build a picture of how a brand is performing, writes Emily Cubitt Understanding...

CUSTOMER INSIGHT: It's really random.
September 12, 2007... If marketers had a theme song, it might be Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me. It often seems as if customers are assumed to be entirely inert unless they are stimulated to do something by marketing activity. In reality, they might respond or...

ENTERPRISE CONTENT MANAGEMENT: Saving more than trees.
September 12, 2007... Handling vast quantities of paper documents is slow and inefficient, but enterprise content management is enabling firms to streamline business processes and improve customer relationships, writes David Reed There are nine million...

Life's a song and dance in Manila.(Interview)
September 12, 2007... Data Strategy talks to data practitioners who toil unnoticed behind the scenes Q What is your name and job title? Roger Dioquino, a data practitioner working in the Data Services Department of Datahold in the Philippines. Q What...

Leave the car at home and start walking back to fitness.
September 12, 2007... Health advisers are split over whether daily moderate exercise is better for you than the occasional rigorous workout. But they all agree that sitting in a car is not good for you. The bad news is that not only are we walking less, but we...