Citizen Data Integration failed…

Just before the upcoming elections in the United States on November 4th many voters have fallen victim to incorrect voters registration. It might well involve over hundred thousands of voters.
The Help America Vote Act was passed in 2002 in order to prevent voter registration and voting counting problems which happened with the presidential elections in 2000. [...]

Seven tips for success in implementing CDI

Jill Dyché, an expert on Customer Data Integration, was asked about the most common mistakes and obstacles when organizations want to implement CDI. For the complete article please follow this link. She came up with 7 very usefull tips:
1) Anticipate the saboteurs. With CDI there will be people in your organization claiming that “we [...]

My next book I’ll read

Planet Google (Book)
A new book by Randall Stross is out (6th October 2008); it’s called “Planet Google” and covers Google’s beginnings but also their latest actions and troubles. Some quotes from the book triggered me. I hope Google Health will be addressed also.

The importance of persistent identification

A much overlooked issue in Customer Data Integration projects is “Persistent Identification”.
Persons and companies are very often identified using their address data. But, what do you do if a person has moved from address A to address B. One, thing you really don’t want is that the person is added to database as a new [...]

Forrester Wave Finds Initiate Systems and Siperian at the Center of Customer Hubs

In addition to those two vendors, Dun & Bradstreet’s Purisma and Oracle UCM remain near the top of the research firm’s latest report.
By Lauren McKay – Posted Aug 11, 2008
No earth-shattering changes occurred in the latest Forrester Research Wave for Customer Hubs, according to analyst and report author Ray Wang. However, Forrester notes that the [...]