Data Governance

This post was written by Vincent McBurney, blogger at ITToolbox and consultant for BearingPoint.

A Carnival is a monthly publication of links to interesting articles on a topic – in this case data quality. It travels to different blog homes each month. We have some great DQ blogs for the first issue and at the bottom of the post we announce the host of issue #2.

Here are the DQ posts for issue #1. Please visit the blogs highlighted and leave comments to show your support.

An Amazon Post that’s not about the Kindle

Daragh O’Brien is busy in Data Quality. Why are there so many DQ gurus in Ireland? He is part of the The International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ) and writes the entertaining IQ Trainwrecks blog. He has submitted a great article from there called oops Amazon did it again… about how a search for a Spiderman wristwatch on Amazon returns something unexpected. Say hello to your friendly neighborhood Spiderman. Read more…

Dataflux is sponsoring a free Webcast today titled “ZERO TO FIVE: A Stepwise Progression for MDM and Data Governance”. Jill Dyché and Evan Levy will discuss:

• Why MDM needs to be deconstructed into discrete functional areas

• Why understanding business requirements means understanding functional requirements

• Why successful MDM depends on a solid data governance framework

The webcast is Today at 2PM EST. To register, click here.

I also wanted to point out a service that I’ve been working with lately on some new data management projects. Medical Billing Service – Medical Electronic Data-Processing is an industry leader in medical billing services. They state that, “Your practice will benefit from our experienced billing staff and IT experts who utilize top-tier technology to increase billing efficiency”. I’ve found their work to be incredibly efficient, and they have fully embraced the data governance and mdm methodologies.

This is an un-sponsored post.