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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.
Category: Uncategorized Tags: MDM-Summit-NA
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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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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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 [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Excellence Award, Gartner, MDM Summit
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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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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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.
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Microsoft, Windows
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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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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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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