
Don't Be a Data and Analytics Turkey
by Doug Laney | November 19, 2017
With Thanksgiving approaching this week in the U.S., last month in Canada, the following week in Australia, and even in the Netherlands this month, let's also give thanks for the...

The 9/11 "Worst Responders" and the Genesis of Infonomics
by Doug Laney | September 11, 2017
This week as we remember the tragedy of 9/11, we also recall the awesome heroism of the "first responders." But many are unaware that there were some "worst responders" as well. My...

Why a Book on Infonomics?
by Doug Laney | August 23, 2017
With its publication less than a month away, many people who have heard about, got a sneak peak of, or pre-ordered my book, Infonomics: How to Monetize, Manage, and Measure...

The Cost of Data Quality: One Night of Coding and an Energy Drink
by Doug Laney | August 2, 2017
In 1999, the $125 million Mars Climate Orbiter notoriously crashed due to the navigation team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory using the metric system in calculations while their colleagues at...

From Moneyball to Grand Slam Information-Based Business Models
by Doug Laney | July 24, 2017
In 2003, Michael Lewis published the best-seller, Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, featuring the nouveau analytics-based approach to evaluating baseball players developed by the Oakland Athletics' general manager,...

Enterprise Information Management (EIM) Maturity Q&A
by Doug Laney | February 23, 2017
During my February 22, 2017 webinar The Gartner Enterprise Information Management Maturity Model (replay available), attendees asked a number of excellent questions. Not able to answer them all during the session,...

Social housing doesn't just need to digitize. It needs to digitalize. Here's why...
by Alan Duncan | November 29, 2016
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China Report: Roving Analyst Experience In China
by Andrew White | September 15, 2016
I spent 3 days in Singapore week before last and then all last week in China. Here is a little "report" I compiled as I traveled around the place. Firstly...

Digital Ethics
by Frank Buytendijk | September 2, 2016
With the best of intentions I am finally starting my blog. On digital ethics, the relationship between people and technology, and more philosophical matters. Don’t worry! It won’t be airy-fairy....