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…
In the 1970s and 1980s, many writers mused that the increasing computing capability available to business and government was going to greatly reduce the work…
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…