Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Data Brokers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Wow, well done as always and what a twist at the end.Nothing new you think, but the ease with which data is collected and traded and how it is used, it is all quite frightening. It comes hits you in the face when you yourself are the subject...
Anecdotal vs. Statistical

Anecdotal vs. Statistical

Something to think about… How often do examples, anecdotes come up in conversations (certainly since corona, but not limited to …) and it is difficult to have such a conversation properly. An example can and often will be true, but it is not proof of how...
Unstructured Data is not what you think it is!

Unstructured Data is not what you think it is!

You come across this picture or something with the same message in all sorts of places. It seems logical, but there is a world of misunderstanding and wrong approach behind it. The definition of Unstructured Data is “No pre-defined data model.”Nothing...
Data persists!

Data persists!

So what is so different about data when you compare it to people, processes and systems? If you look at the policy below, you know: people, processes and systems that created and managed this policy are gone, even the organizations are gone, but the data is still...
Important Types of Data

Important Types of Data

Often a picture or an image (in words) says more than a lot of talking and explanation. So does a picture of data. What types of data are there really? Actually, there are only 4 types of data: master data – the business objects and concepts that form the...