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Archives for August, 2011


Economic Risk – I thought this was only a board game

by Andrew White  |  August 8, 2011  |  Comments Off

I arrived back from vacation last week and while away I caught up on some reading.  My favorite non-fiction was Empire of the Clouds: When Britain’s Aircraft Ruled the World, by James Hamilton-Paterson.  Bach in the 40’s Britain had a lead, pretty much, in aircraft design and development.  But the seeds of destruction, partly political [...]

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The True Role of MDM

by Andrew White  |  August 4, 2011  |  Comments Off

I was invigorated with the article “The True Role of MDM” today – which popped into my over full inbox (just ended 2 weeks’ vacation).  The introduction, in the Information Management email, read, “The importance of master data is not just data values or quality, but the real-life concepts they represent”.  I knew I was [...]

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