Recently, I wrote about treating a data process as the business process that it truly is. The premise was that we must look at data management processes in a more structured way. By spotting repeatable patterns and looking for opportunities to automate some of the mechanical aspects of the process, we can create opportunities to [...]
Businesses have long sought to optimize core business processes to ensure maximum business performance. IT departments have supported the cause by building systems to automate many of the mechanical aspects of these processes ensuring repeatable, efficient execution of operations. These same IT departments, however, have continued to use traditional labor-intensive methods of building many of [...]
Some of you may have seen I tweeted last week that I deactivated my Facebook account after learning that Facebook had uploaded all of my contact information from my iPhone. Not only does my iPhone contain my personal contacts, but my business contacts as well, over 1,500 entries. I am incredulous that Facebook would so [...]
