Data is becoming an asset to many companies now. The value is known by almost everybody nowadays. Only a while ago I wrote this article about the value of data on the balance sheet. This article was to set determine the financial value of…

The question that most people bothers nowadays is the possible replacement they face by robots. The developments around Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and Robotics are up to speed and it is just a matter of time. Companies with…

The talk of the day is of course big data. Everybody wants a piece and believes it will make their business successful. Every day I see software vendors and salespeople push the business towards the use of Big Data. I completely agree and I…

In 2015 the central agency of statistics in The Netherlands conducted a research about marriage. This research came to the conclusion that 1 out of the 3 marriages failed and led to a divorce. Besides the fact that this failure is awful for…

The internet of things (IoT) is getting into our lives every day and more and more. Many of us are still holding back on these new technologies because of the unknown aspects of privacy violation. This is something I understand and respect.…

In the world of Business Intelligence and Analytics a lot of vendors do their jobs well but not only those vendors are there. Often there are a lot of consultancy firms involved in the decision making process. These consultancy firms help…

Are you familiar with the family calendar? I think almost everybody is. The central calendar in which the whole family registers their activities in order to keep all the events in line with each other. Well I have to say it works just fine…

In the world of Business Intelligence and Analytics a lot of vendors do their jobs well. They all have capabilities that fit one of your purposes. It is a marketplace that is under heavy competition and making the difference is a…

Lately I read a dutch article about data management. Many articles are written with the topic of data management nowadays because people are not able to define data management in a specific way. But nevertheless because of this I came…

Recently I read this great article written by Prakash Baskar about the 7 Reasons your Data Governance Initiative is Failing and you can’t Ignore even one of them. His insights made clear to me that these hurdles he mentions are familiar to…