
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...

Data and Analytics Strategy Predictions Through 2021
by Doug Laney | December 19, 2016
Several colleagues and I just published our strategy predictions for data and analytics leaders: Predicts 2017: Licensing, Legal and Language Lessons for Data and Analytics Leaders. These are not predictions...

Monetizing Information is More Than Just Selling Your Data
by Doug Laney | July 26, 2016
According to various dictionary definitions, to monetize something is “to convert an asset into or establish something as money or legal tender.” But Investopedia goes on to suggest, “The term monetize...

Microsoft Links Into a Treasure Trove of Information
by Doug Laney | June 14, 2016
Contributing Gartner analysts: Merv Adrian and Jenny Sussin
Throughout the day yesterday we listened to financial and market analysts speculate about the announced acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft. Their ruminations...