
Welcome to the Information Value Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter featuring David Loshin, a recognized expert, author and speaker on information quality and business intelligence. In addition to my article, the last of a six-part series on the hurdles to innovation, this issue features an article from David that discusses risk and how it can be used as a lever to establish a business justification when assessing business needs for IT practices.
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Hurdles to Innovation, Part 6
by Bill Inmon
When will the venture capitalist stance toward start-ups revert to where it once was?
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth...
by David Loshin
Understanding the relevance of risk variables within the way that an information technology (IT) group supports business activities can be useful when assessing business needs for IT practices.
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