A bit silly perhaps but sometimes you just have to shake your head and wonder...

This bit of levity describes how two robbers tried to rob a bank. The only problem? It was a cashless bank....

Having just gone through a move back into my newly renovated house, I have had an epiphany about master data management. We consumers should demand our own version of this functionality...

I got a note from a friend of mine the other day. He wanted to know if I knew of some tools that could help him rapidly design dashboards. I do not know of anything but thought you might.

Here is his note in full. Please comment if you can help him with his question.

Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of mergers and acquisitions, a not-so-glitzy story gets lost that really deserves our attention. So it was with FirstLogic. Most of the news has been about Business Objects acquisition of this data quality software vendor but -- you know -- there was another recent news story about FirstLogic that was even more important IMHO but it got lost in the shuffle...

When I was a kid at camp one summer, my parents sent me a telegram wishing me a happy birthday [stop] It made me feel important and special [stop] Last week, that staple of America communications quietly went the way of the dinosaur... [full stop]