Since the 1980s the costs associated with functions that are shared have been increasingly allocated to business units in such a way as to drive…
In the 1990s Philippe Kahn, a founder of Borland (a big name in programming languages), left and began a new enterprise called Starfish. He talked…
If you’re a Chief Information Officer (CIO) there are three things that your organization expects of you: 1) keep everything running; 2) add new capabilities;…
In my book, Information-Driven Business, I introduce a four layer model for information. You can also read more about this model in the MIKE2.0 article:…
It is easy to assume that access to massive amounts of information is good for society. Perhaps we should also look at the role the…
I was recently asked by ABC Radio National in Australia to explain the principles behind my book, Information-Driven Business. The following is extracted from the…
The most important thing about the evolution of cloud computing is the ability to setup a business quickly without the delays and cost associated with…
I often hear people talking about the amount of data that is being created as being unprecedented. It isn’t. What is unprecedented is its retention. …
It’s been a lucrative decade for consultants in information management with new work being as easy to win as saying the word “compliance”. Executives are…
In my book, Information-Driven Business, I introduce the concept of the “Small Worlds” test on information. In summary, this measure determines the relationship between complexity…