KIK Consulting & Robert S. Seiner are proud to announce New On-Line Education focusing on the implementation of "Non-Invasive Data Governance" Programs.  Has your travel budget been cut or is it non-existent?  Is leaving the office for training / education cumbersome, expensive and time consuming?  Consider On-Line Education in a modular or university-style arrangement that will save you time and money and is structured to fit your schedule.  The next university-style series of education begins early in the fall.  Interested in attending the next public seminar?  The next KIK course on "Non-Invasive Data Governance" will take place on Monday & Tuesday, October 12-13, 2009 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA.  Discounted rates for the On-Line and Public Education are now available. Please contact Mr. Seiner for more information.

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07/01/09 - The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC

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Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (July 2009) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) was posted to the internet on July 1^st.  June 22^nd marked the 12^th Anniversary of the TDAN.com publication.  Thank you for being a reader.

The July issue contains New Articles from Robert S. Seiner (What Does It Mean to "Govern Data"?), Satyajeet Dhumne (Proven Strategies for Executing Large-Scale Data Modeling Projects) and Sundararajan PA, Anupama Nithyanand and Subrahmanya SV (Dimensions of Data Architecture).  Three Feature Columns have been added including Craig Mullins (The Database Report), Steve Hoberman (The Data Modeling Addict) and Tim Graettinger (Digging Up Dollars: Data Mining in Practice).  Special Features were added from Michael Rosen (Death by Architecture) and Robert S. Seiner (Interviews with Steve Hoberman and Len Silverston).  Links to blogs from other publications and data-related news stories have been updated as well.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS
 

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in having published through this award winning publication.  I am still looking to add one more Feature Column that will run quarterly in March, June, September and December.  Please send me an email with your ideas.

THE JULY 2009 ISSUE

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for July 2009:

-- What Does It Mean to "Govern Data"?
By Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/10867

-- Proven Strategies for Executing Large-Scale Data Modeling Projects
by Satyajeet Dhumne

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/10778

-- Dimensions of Data Architecture

by Sundararajan PA, Anupama Nithyanand and Subrahmanya SV

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/10849

-- Data Governance and Dancing in the Rain (from June 2009)
By Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/10581

NEW Feature Columns Added for July 2009:

-- The Database Report - July 2009
by Craig Mullins
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/10810

-- The Data Modeling Addict - July 2009
by Steve Hoberman

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/10776

-- Digging Up Dollars: Data Mining in Practice - July 2009

by Tim Graettinger
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/10777

Special Features Added Recently:

-- Death by Architecture

By Michael Rosen

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/10588

-- Interview with Steve Hoberman
by Robert S. Seiner with Steve Hoberman on his new book "Data Modeling for the Business" and the DAMA DMBOK

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/10372

-- Interview with Len Silverston of Universal Data Models
by Robert S. Seiner with Len Silverston on his new book "Data Model Resource Book Volume 3"

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/10089

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List

http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section

http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List

http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features

http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List

http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

Industry Events / TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- Summer World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute

August 2-7, 2009 - San Diego, California (US) *

http://www.tdwi.org/sandiego2009/

-- Fall World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute

November 1-6, 2009 - Orlando, Florida (US)

http://www.tdwi.org/

-- Data Management & Information Quality Conference Europe 2009

-- Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence Conference Europe 2009

IRM UK & DAMA International

November 2-4, 2009 - Orlando, Florida (US)

http://www.irmuk.co.uk/dm2009/

-- Enterprise Data World 2010

DAMA International & Wilshire Conferences

March 14-18, 2010 - San Francisco, California (US)

http://www.wilshireconferences.com/

-- The Annual Data Governance Conference 2010

DebTech International & Wilshire Conferences

June 7-10, 2010 - San Diego, California (US)

http://www.dg-conference.com/

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com, President of KIK Consulting & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the BeyeNETWORK - Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!
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What the heck do Data Governance and Dancing in the Rain have to do with each other?

Please check out my latest article in the June issue of The Data Administration Newsletter by clicking on the above link.  The new article is a light-hearted approach to inexpensive steps that your organization can be taking RIGHT NOW to put a "Non-Invasive Data Governance" in place while the economy is storming outside.  Please contact me at the email address below to arrange a time to talk about implementing a "Non-Invasive Data Governance" program at your organization. 

My other recent articles include:

• The Data Governance Test (April 2009)
• Data Governance Value Statements (May 2009)

Visit The Data Administration Newsletter for more information.

Thank You!

Bob Seiner - rseiner@tdan.com

"Non-Invasive Data Governance" is a trademark of Robert S. Seiner & KIK Consulting

40% Off Registration!!!  Two Day Public Workshop / Seminar - How to Build & Implement "Non-Invasive Data Governance"[tm] Programs - Monday & Tuesday, May 11-12, 2009 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA - Now 40% off Single Registration or Two-for-One Registration (must specify code TDAN0401 and register attendees at the same time). Visit http://www.KIKconsulting.com for more information.

KIK Consulting & Robert S. Seiner (Publisher/TDAN.com) provide Consultative Mentoring (consulting services emphasizing knowledge transfer) & Educational Services (2-day public & on-site facilitated workshops) that focus on implementing "Non-Invasive Data Governance"[tm] and Meta-Data Management solutions.  Visit http://www.KIKconsulting.com for more information.

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04/01/09 - THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC

http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (April 2009) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) has been posted to the internet.  TDAN.com is in its thirteenth year of providing quality content for data management professionals.  Thank you, as always, for being a reader.

The April issue contains four New Articles from Robert S. Seiner (The Data Governance Test: Let's Be Honest!), James Parnitzke (Modeling the Blueprint for MDM), Alex Friedgan (Real Men Don't Read Instructions) and Greg Keller (Ten Ways to Save an Hour a Day).  Four Feature Columns were added including a new column from Tim Graettinger (Digging Up Dollars), Craig S. Mullins (The Database Report), Bob Dominko (Unwired Tap) and Steve Hoberman (The Data Modeling Addict).  Four Special Features were added from Robert S. Seiner (Non-Invasive Data Governance Seminar & Interview with Len Silverston), Ross Morrissey (Eye on TDWI), and Aaron Zornes (Enterprise MDM Market Review & Forecast).  Links to blogs from other publications have been updated as well.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS
 

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in having published through this award winning publication.  I am still looking to add one more Feature Column that will run quarterly in March, June, September and December.  Please send me an email with your ideas.

THE APRIL 2009 ISSUE

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for April 2009:

-- The Data Governance Test: Let's Be Honest!
By Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/10149

-- Modeling the Blueprint for MDM
by James Partnitzke

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9999

-- Real Men Don't Read Instructions
by Alex Friedgan

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/10047

-- Ten Ways to Save an Hour a Day

by Greg Keller
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/10096

NEW Feature Columns Added for April 2009:

-- Digging Up Dollars - Data Mining in Practice - April 2009 - 1^ST Installment
If Only I knew ...
by Tim Graettinger
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/10065

-- The Database Report - April 2009
Reporting on Database Industry News from January through March 2009

by Craig S. Mullins

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/10102

-- The Data Modeling Addict - April 2009

Excerpt from Data Modeling for the Business
by Steve Hoberman
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/10086

-- Unwired Tap - April 2009

Excerpt from Data Modeling for the Business
by Robert Dominko
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/10125

NEW Special Features Added for April 2009:

-- Interview with Len Silverston of Universal Data Models
by Robert S. Seiner with Len Silverston on the Data Model Resource Book Volume 3

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/10089

-- Enterprise MDM Market Review & Forecast

by Aaron Zornes

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/9964

Published in cooperation with the IRMUK's MDM Summit Europe 2009

http://www.irmuk.co.uk/mdm2009

-- Eye on TDWI: Trip Report - Las Vegas
by Ross Morrissey

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/10066

-- How to Build & Implement a Non-Invasive Data Governance Program
2-Day Public Seminar - Pittsburgh, PA - May 11^th & 12^th, 2009
by Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/9751

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List

http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section

http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List

http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features

http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List

http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

Industry Events / TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- Enterprise Data World 2009   ß NEXT WEEK!

DAMA International & Wilshire Conferences

April 5-9, 2009 - Tampa, Florida (US) *

http://edw2009.wilshireconferences.com/

-- Master Data Management Summit Europe 2009

IRM UK & The MDM Institute

April 20-22, 2009 - London, UK

http://www.irmuk.co.uk/mdm2009

-- Spring World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute

May 3-8, 2009 - Chicago, Illinois (US)

http://www.tdwi.org/education/conferences/

-- DB2 Users Group North America 2009

DB2 Users Group International

May 11-15, 2009 - Denver, Colorado (US)

http://www.idug.org/

-- Web 3.0 Conference 2009

MediaBistro.com

May 19-20, 2009 - New York, New York (US)

http://www.web3event.com

-- The Data Governance Conference 2009

DebTech International & Wilshire Conferences

June 1-4, 2009 - San Diego, California (US) *

http://www.debtechint.com/dg2009/

-- Enterprise Architecture Conference Europe 2009

IRM UK

June 8-10, 2009 - London, UK

http://www.irmuk.co.uk/eac2009/

-- Summer World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute

August 2-7, 2009 - San Diego, California (US) *

http://www.tdwi.org/education/conferences/

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com, President of KIK Consulting & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the BeyeNETWORK
Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!
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A Webinar by Robert S. Seiner - KIK Consulting & TDAN.com

To register for the FREE webinar please click here.

Successful Master Data Management (MDM) and Meta-Data Management (MD) practices require a strong foundation of roles & responsibilities that address definition, production and usage of the data and meta-data.  In many organizations, a significant number of these roles are already being utilized, albeit in a very informal and undisciplined manner.  Clear identification, communications and coordination of these practical roles will greatly influence the success or failure of your MDM and MD initiatives.

In the first part of a two-part webinar series, Robert S. Seiner will speak about how to leverage existing roles & responsibilities as part of a proven data governance framework to best prepare you for successful implementations of your MDM and MD programs.  The second part of the series will address the question, "We have identified practical roles.  How do we activate them in a non-threatening manner?"  Spend an hour on March 18th and an hour in April with Mr. Seiner without leaving your desk to build and engage a proven framework of "Non-Invasive Data Governance"[tm] roles & responsibilities.

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Robert S. Seiner is the President and Principal of KIK Consulting & Educational Services, a Pittsburgh-based data management consultancy.  KIK Consulting focuses on practical and pragmatic solutions in the areas of "Non-Invasive Data Governance"[tm], Data Stewardship, Meta-Data Management, Business Intelligence and Master Data Management.  KIK stands for "Knowledge is King" and Mr. Seiner emphasizes knowledge transfer and consultative mentoring in all of his client engagements.  Learn more at KIKconsulting.com.

Mr. Seiner is also the Publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com).  TDAN.com is a free on-line monthly publication that focuses on both tried-and-true and up-and-coming aspects of data and information management.  TDAN.com will celebrate its 12^th anniversary in June of 2009 and presently attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each quarter.  TDAN.com is a proud media sponsor of the Enterprise Data World (EDW) and Data Governance Conferences that will be held in Florida in April and California in June respectively.  Mr. Seiner was awarded the 2007 DAMA Professional Award for his significant and demonstrable contributions to the data and information resource management industry.  He can be reached at rseiner@tdan.com.

To register for the FREE webinar, please click here.

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This event is being held in cooperation with MDM-DQ University, The MPO Organization & DebTech International.

Mr. Seiner is also holding a 2-day public seminar titled: How to Build & Implement Non-Invasive Data Governance [tm] & Data Stewardship Programs on May 10-11, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA).  A 40% registration discount is being offered to all individuals that register for the above mentioned webinar and mention the MDM-DQ University when registering for the seminar.   For more information, please visit KIK Consulting.

Non-Invasive Data Governance is a trademark of Robert S. Seiner & KIK Consulting.

Two Day Public Workshop / Seminar - How to Build & Implement "Non-Invasive Data Governance"[tm] Programs - Monday & Tuesday, May 11-12, 2009 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA - Register Two People and Get a Third Registration for Free - Early Bird Rates apply until March 30.

KIK Consulting & Robert S. Seiner (Publisher/TDAN.com) provide Consultative Mentoring (consulting services emphasizing knowledge transfer) & Educational Services (2-day public & on-site workshops) that focus on implementing "Non-Invasive Data Governance"[tm] and Meta-Data Management solutions.  Contact Bob Seiner at rseiner@kikconsulting.com or 412.220.9643 or visit http://www.KIKconsulting.com for more information.

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MARCH 1, 2009 - THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC

http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (March 2009) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) has been posted.  TDAN.com is in its thirteenth year of providing quality professional content for data management professionals.  Thank you for being a reader. 

The March issue contains New Articles from James Luisi & Mary Kotch (Architecture Made Easy Part 4, Finally The Truth About Metadata), Malcolm Chisholm (Is Science of Data Possible?), Mark Norton (Link Corporate Policy and Data Design with Decisioning) and Michael Gorman (Earned Value Management).  Three Feature Columns were updated including Joe Celko (SELECT * FROM Celko), Jennifer Hay (BI Career Development) and Diby Malakar (SaaS and BI).  Two Special Features were added from Robert S. Seiner (Non-Invasive Data Governance Seminar) and Tim Graettinger (Data Mining Questions).  Links to new and blogs articles on the BeyeNETWORK and other sources have been added.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS
 

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in having published through this award winning publication.  I am still looking to add Feature Columns that will run quarterly in Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct, Feb/May/Aug/Nov and Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec.  Please send me an email with your ideas.  Looking for one more columnist for immediate inclusion.

THIS ISSUE

The rest of the publication continues to be updated regularly including an updated list of data-oriented conferences in 2009, updates to the book list of several top books published in late '08 and '09, business resource lists, companies and products list and more.  The quote of the week and 5 data oriented news stories (TDANews) continue to be updated weekly.

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for March 2009:

-- Architecture Made Easy, Part 4
Finally, The Truth About Metadata - The Business Value and ROI

By James Luisi & Mary Kotch

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9861

-- Is a Science of Data Possible?
by Malcolm Chisholm

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9862

-- Link Corporate Policy and Data Design with Decisioning
by Mark Norton

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9860

-- Earned Value Management
by Michael Gorman
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9853

NEW Feature Columns Added for March 2009:

-- SELECT * FROM Celko - March 2009
Splitting Data
by Joe Celko
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9852

-- BI Career Development - March 2009
Competing in the IT Job Market - Ten Best Practices for Technical Resumes

by Jennifer Hay

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9858

-- SAAS and BI - March 2009

Impact of SaaS on DQ
by Diby Malakar
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9859

NEW Special Features Added for March 2009:

-- Data Mining Questions? Some Back-of-the-Envelope Answers
by Tim Graettinger

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/9864

-- How to Build & Implement a Non-Invasive Data Governance Program
Pittsburgh, PA - May 11^th & 12^th, 2009
by Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/9751

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List

http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section

http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List

http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features

http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List

http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- Enterprise Data World 2009

DAMA International & Wilshire Conferences

April 5-9, 2009 - Tampa, Florida *

http://edw2009.wilshireconferences.com/

-- Spring World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute

May 3-8, 2009 - Chicago, Illinois

http://www.tdwi.org/education/conferences/

-- Data Governance Conference 2009

DebTech International & Wilshire Conferences

June 1-4, 2009 - San Diego, California *

http://www.debtechint.com/dg2009/

-- Summer World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute

August 2-7, 2009 - San Diego, California *

http://www.tdwi.org/education/conferences/

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com, President of KIK Consulting & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the BeyeNETWORK - Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!
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Some of the world's best comedians have the ability to look at things going on around them and turn that real life into humor.  This is not unlike the job of a good blogger. 

I have been bothered (in a funny sort of way) with something that has been going on around us for a long time, something that makes so little sense that I felt as though it deserved a blog.  I have just now seen the irony and the problems caused by the naming of something so critical to our everyday organizational being.

What am I talking about?  It is IT - or Information Technology.  IT, along with IS or Information Systems, seems to be the catch-all term for all things that are not associated with the Business.  How funny is that?

"IT" is the term given to all of the departments and groups that house "technical" folks, like data administrators, database administrators, data models, business and data analysts, programmers, and many others including the data center and web-guys.  Hardware people are IT people.   Software people are IT people.  Sometimes even Help Desk people are IT people.  Take a second and think about all of the people in your organization that are in IT.

OK ... Are you back?  All of these people in IT focus on the management of the information or data in some way shape or form.  And all of them use technology to assist them with that focus.   But ... it is not just the people in IT that use technology to get their information.  Everybody in the organization has a focus on information and technology.

My problem is the emphasis on the term "Technology" to describe the division.  Is "Technology" the right word to use?  FreeDictionary.com says that "Technology" is the "Electronic or digital products and systems considered as a group".  By using the term "Technology" (as part of IT) we directed the focus to ... drum roll please ... the technology, the products and systems created and delivered by IT.  The majority of the emphasis from IT in the past has been on the products and systems they produce while little focus of IT has been set aside for the discipline or management of the people that are associated with using the information and the technology.

So what should we call IT?  Or should there be two separate groups, one focusing on technology and the other on the people?  The term "Information Management" is already taken.  IM is often disguised with a variety of names such as Data Management (DM), Data Resource Management (DRM) and Data Administration (DA), with the inclusion of "Enterprise" before the name where appropriate.  Perhaps we should separate the DM, DRM and DA from IT and place it in a separate division called Information Resource Management (IRM) or Information Resource Discipline (IRD).  I prefer the former (IRM) which is not a new term.

You probably heard about the appearance (and semi-disappearance) of the term Enterprise Information Management (EIM) which holds a different meaning depending on who you ask.  Generally, EIM combines the Business Intelligence (BI) and Enterprise Content Management (ECM) components of information management.  Technology vendors such as Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, and SAP are making progress into integrated solutions in BI and ECM but it is recognized that they still have a long way to go. [Wikipedia on EIM]

Information Resource Management, as an organizational division, seems to make good sense.  IRM should serve as the people aspect of managing information, the people and the accountability and authoritative aspect of defining, producing, using, classifying, securing, ... "governing" high quality data and information.  Ask any data management professional and, dollars to donuts, they will likely tell you that the separation of IT and IRM into separate divisions would be a good thing.  This is just my guess.

More and more these days, organizations are recognizing the need to focus on the "people" aspect of IT along with the use of technology.  The focus on the people aspect of IT has sparked the overuse of the term "Governance" which has been applied to Data, SOA and IT Governance.

Where should Data Governance - "the execution and enforcement of authority over the management of data and data-related resources" (my definition) - reside in an organization?  Should it reside or be managed out of IT?  Should it reside in a single Business Area?  Should Data Governance reside in a shared services part of the organization similar to IT but focused on stewardship and people management?  Perhaps the development of an IRM Division would make a lot of sense.

What would that IRM Division look like?  Would it be made up of IT People?  Here we go around again. 

I will blog more on this later.  Please chime in and comment if you feel like it.  The separation of IT and IRM - whew! What a concept.

-- Bob Seiner - 02/10/2009 --

Two Day Public Workshop / Seminar - How to Build & Implement "Non-Invasive Data Governance"(tm) Programs - Monday & Tuesday, May 11-12, 2009 at the Sheraton Station Square in Pittsburgh, PA - Register Two People and Get a Third Registration for Free - Early Bird Rates apply until March 30.

KIK Consulting & Robert S. Seiner (Publisher/TDAN.com) provide Consultative Mentoring (consulting services emphasizing knowledge transfer) & Educational Services (2-day public & on-site workshops) that focus on implementing "Non-Invasive Data Governance"(tm) and Meta-Data Management solutions.  Contact Bob Seiner at rseiner@kikconsulting.com or 412.220.9643 or visit http://www.KIKconsulting.com for more information.

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02/01/09 - THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC

http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (February 2009) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) has been posted.  TDAN.com is in its thirteenth year of providing quality content for data management professionals.  Thank you for being a reader.  Note the new look for the site; a suggestion from a dedicated reader.

The February issue contains New Articles from yours truly, Robert S. Seiner (The Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Part 10), Malcolm Chisholm (Why Data Models Cannot Work), Bill Lewis (The Requirements Bill of Material: A Walkthrough) and Charlie Betz (The CMDB is an Operational Data Store).  Three Feature Columns were added including Ronald G. Ross (Business Rules), Adrian Miley (Architecture is Subjective; Design is Objective) and Loretta Smith (The DAMA Corner).  Links to new articles on the BeyeNETWORK and other sources have been added.  Also, a new section titled TDAN.com BlogWatch was recently added and gets updated regularly.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS
 

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in having published through this award winning publication.  I am still looking to add Feature Columns that will run quarterly in Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct, Feb/May/Aug/Nov and Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec.  Please send me an email with your ideas.

THIS ISSUE

The rest of the publication continues to be updated regularly including an updated list of data-oriented conferences in 2009, updates to the book list of several top books published in late '08 and '09, business resource lists, companies and products list and more.  The quote of the week and 5 data oriented news stories (TDANews) continue to be updated weekly.

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue.  Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments.  A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments.  Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for February 2009:

-- The Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Part 10

The Data Governance Planning Team and The Role of IT

By Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9610

Seiner Public Course/Workshop on "Non-Invasive Data Governance"™
in Pittsburgh, PA (US) on May 11-12, 2009 - Click here for information.

-- Why Data Models Cannot Work
by Malcolm Chisholm

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9606

-- The Requirements Bill of Materials: A Walkthrough  
by Bill Lewis

http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9612

-- The CMDB is an Operational Data Store
by Charlie Betz
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9607

NEW Feature Columns Added for February 2009:

-- Business Rules - February 2009
Are Integrity Constraints Business Rules?
by Ronald G. Ross
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9611

-- Architecture is Subjective; Design is Objective - February 2009
Creating the Architectural Framework: Architectural Patterns & Models

by Adrian Miley

http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9601

-- The DAMA Corner - February 2009

For Members, By Members
by Loretta Smith for DAMA International
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9617

NEW Special Features Added for February 2009:

-- The Last Lecture - An As-We-Go Review Parts 1 & 2
by Robert S. Seiner

http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/9591

Seiner Public Course/Workshop on "Non-Invasive Data Governance"™
in Pittsburgh, PA (US) on May 11-12, 2009 - Click here for information.

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews

http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List

http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section

http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List

http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features

http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List

http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

TDAN.com Media Sponsor & Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site.  TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- Data Governance Conference Europe 2009 - THIS WEEK!

DebTech International, IRMUK & Wilshire Conferences

February 2-5, 2009 - London, England UK *

http://www.irmuk.co.uk/dg2009/

-- Winter World Conference - TDWI - THIS MONTH!

The Data Warehousing Institute

February 22-27, 2009 - Las Vegas, Nevada *

http://www.tdwi.org/lasvegas2009/

-- Enterprise Data World 2009

DAMA International & Wilshire Conferences

April 5-9, 2009 - Tampa, Florida *

http://edw2009.wilshireconferences.com/

-- Spring World Conference - TDWI

The Data Warehousing Institute

May 3-8, 2009 - Chicago, Illinois

http://www.tdwi.org/education/conferences/

-- Data Governance Conference 2009

DebTech International & Wilshire Conferences

June 1-4, 2009 - San Diego, California *

http://www.debtechint.com/dg2009/

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  The newsletter's success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself.  If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added.  Do you have an article in you?  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the BeyeNETWORK - Global Coverage of the Business Intelligence Ecosystem!

http://www.b-eye-network.com

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01/01/09 – THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC – http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (January 2009) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) has been posted. TDAN.com is in its thirteenth year of providing quality professional content for data management professionals. Thank you for being a reader, continue to spread the word about TDAN.com, and Happy New Year to you and yours.

The January issue contains New Articles from Malcolm Chisholm (Governance for Taxonomic Reference Data), Larry Burns (Agile: The Good News, The Bad News), and Madhu Zode (Grids in Data Warehousing). Three Feature Columns were added including Craig S. Mullins (The Database Report), Steve Hoberman (The Data Modeling Addict) and Robert S. Dominko (Unwired Tap). Links to new articles on the Business Intelligence Network have been added. Finally, A new section titled TDAN.com BlogWatch was added in November and gets updated regularly.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in having published through this award winning publication. I am still looking to add Feature Columns that will run quarterly in Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct, Feb/May/Aug/Nov and Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec. Please send me an email with your ideas.

THIS ISSUE

The rest of the publication continues to be updated regularly including new book reviews, an updated list of data-oriented conferences in 2009, updates to the book list of several top books published in late ’08, business resource list, companies and products list and more. The quote of the week and 5 data oriented news stories (TDANews) continue to be updated weekly.

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments. A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments. Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for January 2009:

-- Governance for Taxonomic Reference Data
by Malcolm Chisholm
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9379

-- Agile: The Good News, The Bad News
by Larry Burns
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9377

-- Grids in Data Warehousing
by Madhu Zode
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9378

NEW Feature Columns Added for January 2009:

-- The Database Report – January 2009
by Craig S. Mullins
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9376

-- The Data Modeling Addict – January 2009
by Steve Hoberman
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9375

-- Unwired Tap – January 2009
by Robert S. Dominko
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9386

NEW Special Features Recently Added:

-- 5 Hiring Habits of Successful CIOs
by Peter Cabaniss
http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/9395

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews
http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List
http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section
http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List
http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features
http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List
http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

TDAN.com Media Sponsored and Speaking Engagements:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site. TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- Data Governance Conference Europe 2009
DEBTech International, IRMUK & Wilshire Conferences
February 2-5, 2009 – London, England UK *
http://www.irmuk.co.uk/dg2009/

-- Winter World Conference – TDWI
The Data Warehousing Institute
February 22-27, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada *
http://www.tdwi.org/lasvegas2009/

-- Enterprise Data World 2009
DAMA International & Wilshire Conferences
April 5-9, 2009 – Tampa, Florida *
http://edw2009.wilshireconferences.com/

-- Spring World Conference – TDWI
The Data Warehousing Institute
May 3-8, 2009 – Chicago, Illinois *
http://www.tdwi.org/education/conferences/

-- Data Governance Conference 2009
DEBTech International & Wilshire Conferences
June 1-4, 2009 – San Diego, California *
http://www.debtechint.com/dg2009/

* Robert S. Seiner, Publisher of TDAN.com & Data Governance Specialist, will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter. The newsletter’s success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself. If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added. Do you have an article in you? I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC
www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC
www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the Business Intelligence Network
http://www.b-eye-network.com – The Global Vision for BI and Beyond!

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TDAN.com follows strict "confirmed opt-in" guidelines set forth by many internet providers. Occasionally readers may receive important email announcements from TDAN.com regarding industry-specific opportunities and events.

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12/01/08 – THE DATA ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER, LLC – http://www.TDAN.com

Dear TDAN.com Readers,

The new issue (December 2008) of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) has been posted. TDAN.com, now monthly, is in its twelfth year of providing quality professional content for the data management professionals. This issue is stocked with a lot of great new material.

The December issue contains New Articles from David Hay and Michael Lynott (UML as a Data Modeling Notation - Part 4 of a 3 part series – How is that possible?), Doug Needham (The Strategic Data Dashboard), Scott Benson (The 10-Minute Data Model Review Part 3) and Ron Woodden (Specters That Haunt ERP System Conversions). Three Feature Columns were added including Joe Celko (SELECT * FROM Celko), Diby Malakar (SaaS and BI) and a brand new column has been added from Jennifer Hay (BI Career Advancement). Links to new articles on the Business Intelligence Network have been added as well. Finally, A new section titled TDAN.com BlogWatch was added for November and updated for December.

CALL FOR ARTICLES AND FEATURE COLUMNS:

PLEASE send me articles you are interested in having published through this award winning publication. I am still looking to add Feature Columns that will run quarterly in Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct, Feb/May/Aug/Nov and Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec. Please send me an email with your ideas.

The rest of the publication continues to be updated regularly including new book reviews, an updated list of data-oriented conferences through 2008, updates to the book list of several top books published in late ’07 and in ’08, business resource list, companies and products list and more. The quote of the week and 5 data oriented news stories (TDANews) continue to be updated weekly.

I am always interested in your feedback regarding the new issue. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions and comments. A form has been set up through the Contact tab to submit these comments. Thanks.

NEW Articles Added for December 2008:

-- UML as a Data Modeling Notation, Part 4
by David C. Hay, Michael J. Lynott
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9219

-- The Strategic Data Dashboard
by Doug Needham
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/8617

-- The 10-Minute Model Review Part 3
by Scott Benson
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/9169

-- Specters That Haunt ERP System Conversions
by Ron Woodden
http://www.tdan.com/view-articles/8621

NEW Feature Columns Added for December 2008:

-- BI Career Advancement - December 2008 - NEW
by Jennifer Hay
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9275

-- SELECT * FROM Celko – December 2008
by Joe Celko
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9173

-- SaaS and BI – December 2008
by Diby Malakar
http://www.tdan.com/view-featured-columns/9244

Special Features Recently Added:

-- Data Semantics Management - New Book Announced
by Robert S. Seiner, Michael M. Gorman
http://www.tdan.com/view-special-features/8670

Also on the Pages of TDAN.com this Month:

-- Book Reviews
http://www.tdan.com/book_reviews/

-- Updated Conference List
http://www.tdan.com/events/

-- Updated Business Resource Section
http://www.tdan.com/b_resources/

-- Updated Book List
http://www.tdan.com/books/

-- Special Features
http://www.tdan.com/special_features/

-- Updated Company & Product List
http://www.tdan.com/c_and_p/

TDAN.com Media Sponsor Events:

Please visit the web sites for these events by clicking through their banners on the TDAN.com site. TDAN.com promotes the industry leading events through the publishing of papers, banners, links and reviews of the best of the best industry events:

-- Data Governance Conference Europe 2009
DEBTech International, IRMUK & Wilshire Conferences
February 2-5, 2009 – London, England UK *
http://www.irmuk.co.uk/dg2009/

-- Winter World Conference – TDWI
The Data Warehousing Institute
February 22-27, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada *
http://www.tdwi.org/lasvegas2009/

-- Enterprise Data World 2009
DAMA International & Wilshire Conferences
April 5-9, 2009 – Tampa, Florida *
http://edw2009.wilshireconferences.com/

-- Spring World Conference – TDWI
The Data Warehousing Institute
May 3-8, 2009 – Chicago, Illinois *
http://www.tdwi.org/education/conferences/

-- Data Governance Conference 2009
DEBTech International & Wilshire Conferences
June 1-4, 2009 – San Diego, California *
http://www.debtechint.com/dg2009/

* I will be speaking at this event.

Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter. The newsletter’s success is closely tied to the submissions of excellent articles by industry specialists and practitioners like yourself. If you are interested in publishing an article, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadlines typically fall monthly before new content is added. Do you have an article in you? I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.
Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner

President & Principal
KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC - www.KIKconsulting.com

Publisher
The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC - www.TDAN.com

TDAN.com is affiliated with the Business Intelligence Network
http://www.b-eye-network.com – The Global Vision for BI and Beyond!

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TDAN.com follows strict "confirmed opt-in" guidelines set forth by many internet providers. Occasionally readers may receive important email announcements from TDAN.com regarding industry-specific opportunities and events.

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