It was refreshing to see in a recent article on PublicTechnology.net that Cornwall Council acknowledges the importance of creating a single citizen view in order to move closer to fully supporting their citizens and enabling a more satisfying citizen experience. Whilst Cornwall Council has had a less than straightforward experience with its outsourcing partner BT, an […]
This interesting piece from PublicTechnology.net was published last week: Civil service chief John Manzoni urges change as data revolution ‘comes for government’ We cannot agree more with the recognition that good quality data is the lifeblood of government decisions and that the focus needs to be on getting the data right. Using it transactionally and […]
This webinar is part of the European Data Market study. Infoshare has presented a case “Single and accurate view of citizens’ data” that was part of the overall study which aims to define, assess and measure the European data economy, supporting the achievement of the Data Value Chain policy of the European Commission. We are […]
Proving an individual really is who they say they are can be critical when providing sensitive services and is increasingly important in the commercial world. In this article, which first appeared in DataIQ, David Reed finds out about new approaches to identity validation aimed at being more accurate and easy to use. The article includes […]
Show me the money – the best argument for putting forward a data quality business case This is a great article written by Andy Hayler that shows how building a business case for data quality is not rocket science, it just involves taking a simple look at existing business processes and checking the cost of […]
Is it just us or is there still a significant lack of understanding of the fact that good data can be used as a strategic asset and in some cases, can save lives? Ignorance in some quarters is restricting the ability for public sector agencies to identify vulnerable citizens; allowing fraud to take place without […]
Regardless of the type and size, the amount of valuable data available to any organisation will be steadily growing. It is essential, therefore, that senior management understand just how vital it is to implement and continually evolve a robust Data Management Strategy. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. Within a feeble economic climate, Data […]
We remain dismayed at some project owners who adamantly refuse to acknowledge the importance of data quality and blindly press ahead with BI projects, with the absence of a data quality initiative, regardless of the evidence pointing to the future risks. We would not necessarily agree that it is difficult to justify a sound business […]
This article is spot on for highlighting current attitudes to the whole data quality piece within organisations but we believe that there is a growing acceptance and, arguably, respect for the importance of data and we would argue that it is crawling up the agenda underpinning a lot of the MDM/DG projects being planned. Enterprise […]