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Big Data – Research Director – Gartner hiring!

by Andrew White  |  December 14, 2012  |  Comments Off

Want to work at Gartner on one of the hottest topics in the market?  Check out the position here: Big Data / noSQL Analyst – Research Director, Gartner Research.  If the write-up tickles your fancy, there is an “apply now” button.  Go on, come join the team.  We’d love to have you.

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Want to work for Gartner, and cover Master Data Management and Information Governance?

by Andrew White  |  September 28, 2012  |  Comments Off

Did you know we are hiring?  Check out this EMEA based role. Send me an email at andrew.white@gartner.com if you are interested.

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What a week at Gartner MDM Summit 2011 (US)

by Andrew White  |  May 9, 2011  |  Comments Off

Now that was fun!  I was lucky enough to play a part in our annual US MDM Summit and it was a fun, but tiring week.  Even though I got home around 1am Saturday morning, I could not sleep well.  I had to be up at 6am to take the boys to soccer refereeing; but [...]

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Gartner’s Master Data Management (MDM) Excellence Award 2011

by Andrew White  |  December 16, 2010  |  1 Comment

Do you have what it takes?  Just joking!  Seriously, we just opened up the website where you can submit your MDM program/case study for inclusion in our annual MDM Excellence Award.  This is a great platform for you to share your key learning’s, war stories, and best practices/tips and tricks with your peers, and to [...]

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Gartner’s MDM Summit – European Style – February 2-3, 2011

by Andrew White  |  December 16, 2010  |  1 Comment

Are you attending our new MDM Summit in London, UK, in February?  We hosted the world’s first dedicated MDM event in the US some time ago, but we just launched a new MDM summit in EMEA.  Here is the link: http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/data-management/index.jsp Interest in MDM is very high; the term is in the top 20 search [...]

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Second (First) of the Month – what’s on my mind?

by Andrew White  |  December 2, 2010  |  1 Comment

With recent publications out the way (MDM Hype Cycle, MDM Predicts for 2011), our minds are now firmly focused on the 2011 Agenda.  Plans are pretty much wrapped up.  Lots of new and extended connections with other research areas are now in place.  We have so much to publish on MDM though.  We are behind [...]

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Microsoft Windows after 25 years

by Andrew White  |  November 23, 2010  |  1 Comment

Fascinating view into 25 years history of Microsoft Windows, on CIO.com.  Do you remember playing with HIMEM.SYS, the 64k memory limit, autoexec.bat, and Windows 3.11 network settings?  Oh, what fun.  I used to keep some old Windows machings working for fun, long past their support dates.  Then I realized I needed a life ha ha.

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Affordable Care Act – my foot

by Andrew White  |  November 18, 2010  |  1 Comment

Can someone please help?  I received an email from the manager of our companies Medical Flexible Spending Account (FSA) service.  Apparently, to comply with the so called, “Affordable Care Act”, from January 2011, many over-the-counter (OTC) medicines will now need a prescription from the doctor to qualify for re-imbursement.  Can someone please explain how this [...]

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Book of the Month (August): After Tamerlane – The Global History of Empire Since 1405

by Andrew White  |  November 4, 2010  |  Comments Off

Book of the Month (August): After Tamerlane – The Global History of Empire Since 1405, by John Darwin, Bloomsbury Press, 2008.  My previous read focused battle between European empires, primarily from a military perspective.  This sweeping book elevates the dialog to a strategic level and from a reasonable beginning to nearly the end (current).  I [...]

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Sir Norman Wisdom, comedian, died on October 4th, aged 95

by Andrew White  |  November 4, 2010  |  Comments Off

Sir Norman Wisdom, comedian, died on October 4th, aged 95 When I was a lad (yes, I was one once) I used to fall about laughing so much, watching Normal Wisdom movies, that I would cry.  My chest would ache from the continuous guffawing I would suffer as Norman went through his program.  Then, at [...]

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