Dator: Leaving Earth…for Now

May 03, 2012 by Phil Simon

Greetings Earthlings:

I came to your planet a few months ago in search of quality data management practices. Since that time, I have seen many things. I have been both pleasantly surprised and disappointed in how many of your companies are managing their data – or not managing it, as it were. As I complete my time on Earth, I’m preparing my final report to my superiors on Daton. Here’s a sneak peak.

Dator: When Software Vendors Don’t Eat Their Own Dog Food

Mar 29, 2012 by Phil Simon

Greetings Earthlings–

I remain puzzled on my journey to your planet. The data management practices of most of your organizations continue to vex me.

Last week, I visited a retail outlet and watched closely as an IT manager (Mike) tried to solve a software problem from its enterprise systems. Ultimately, he opened an issue via the vendor’s support site. Let’s call the client here Omega and the software vendor Beta.

Dator on the Carrots and Sticks of Sentiment Analysis

Mar 08, 2012 by Phil Simon

Greetings Earthlings:

I’ve noticed that you people spend a great deal of time on social networks, especially when kickers miss field goals in football games. I find this really interesting. It seems like a relatively recent phenomenon. I would think that there’s a great deal of unlocked value in the data generated by social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Dator on Data Governance

Feb 23, 2012 by Phil Simon

Greetings Earthlings:

I’ve have continued my investigation of your planet’s companies and data management habits. I’ve been dutifully reporting my findings to the Overlords at Daton but they are having a hard time understanding some of your management practices. I had planned on going home last week but my stay has been extended for a little while longer.

I’m not happy about this. Do you know how nice Neptune is during what you call February?

Dator on Multiple Records

Feb 16, 2012 by Phil Simon

I’ve been visiting a bunch of companies in my quest to understand how you earthlings manage data, trying to meet with your leaders. I’ll admit that this has been much more difficult than expected.

Dator’s First Observations

Feb 09, 2012 by Phil Simon

Greetings Again, Earthlings.

I am having an interesting time on your planet so far. I am particularly impressed with this band Rush and this show Breaking Bad.

But I must be honest. Your practices bemuse me. Let’s start with Justin Beiber, Kourtney and Kim, and Snooki?

Really?

Introducing Dator

Feb 02, 2012 by Phil Simon

After writing more than one hundred posts on this site about data quality, management, governance, and transformation, I’ll be periodically turning the reins over to a new friend of mine.

And, without further ado, allow me to introduce Dator.