Philip Howard
From time to time I have bits of opinions or bits of analysis that do not merit an entire article on their own but which nevertheless deserve an airing. I have therefore concluded that, from time to time, I will put such thoughts down in the form of a blog. Do not expect this to be regular, or even frequent, it will be simply a question of when I have enough such material.
Recent Blog Posts
Research agenda
It is worth mentioning my research agenda. I am currently working on spreadsheet governance and log and event management (SIEM) as two separate streams. In the New Year I expect to be concentrating on data integration and data quality as there are...
Philip Howard, Bloor Research | 17th November '09
Reference data, Master data and conundrums
This blog is about conundrums. Or should that be conundra? I guess it depends on the derivation: if it's from Latin then it should be conundra but otherwise not. Unfortunately, my dictionary says that the origin has been lost, which doesn't help. It...
Philip Howard, Bloor Research | 31st August '06
Observations on takeovers and acquisitions in the Data Arena
Let me start with takeovers and acquisitions. I like these when they add synergies and offer enhanced capability for the participants. For example, Informatica's takeover over Similarity Systems and Business Objects' acquisition of FirstLogic both...
Philip Howard, Bloor Research | 1st August '06
