IPL presented a Keynote session on the complexities of Financial Regulation with a Customer Centric Approach, in association with Clydesdale Bank, part of the National Australia Group (NAGE) at FIMA 2011. Read more...
Date: November 11th, 2011
Chris Bradley presented two thought-provoking sessions at DMIQ Europe the industry event of 2011. Read more...
Date: November 10th, 2011
The explosion of information sources and integration challenges, together with greater regulation and compliance requirements have created new challenges for today's enterprise Information solutions. This session considers the role Data Virtualisation can play in your Enterprise Information Environment. Read more...
Date: September 23rd, 2011
Jon Evans presented “The Data Quality Imperative” at the IPL sponsored Ovum Data Quality & Integration Strategy Briefing. Read more...
Date: June 9th, 2011
Chris Bradley, the Head of IPL's Business Consulting practice and acknowledged Information Management thought leader explored some of the most significant emerging trends in business intelligence in “How Do You Want Your Data Served? The Roles of Open Source BI and Data Virtualization”. Read more...
Date: April 8th, 2011
Chris Bradley and Tim Franklin presented two thought-provoking sessions at Europe's only co–located conferences on Master Data Management and Data Governance. Read more...
Date: March 24th, 2011
Leading up our speaking in April at Enterprise Data World, the World's largest Information Management Event, US–based Composite Software, the acknowledged market leader in Data Virtualization technology, has issued a press release to publicise their partnership with IPL. Read more...
Date: March 2nd, 2011
“Making sense of the black box” received the accolade of best presentation as voted for by conference delegates at DAMA Scandinavia. Read more...
Date: December 6th, 2010
Chris Bradley, the Head of IPL's Business Consulting practice presented “How Do You Get a Business Person to Read a Data Model?” at Data Management & Information Quality Europe 2010. Read more...
Date: November 6th, 2010
Chris Bradley and Tim Franklin presented a thought-provoking session on BPMN 2.0 at the Business Process Management Conference Europe 2010. Read more...
Date: September 29th, 2010
The Audit Commission's web-based National Benchmarker, developed with the help of IPL, has taken honours at this year's E-Health Insider Awards. Read more...
Date: October 23rd, 2009
On the 28th September, IPL Business Consultants Chris Bradley and Tim Franklin hosted the half-day workshop, “An Introduction to BPMN”, at BPM Europe 2009. Read more...
Date: October 15, 2009
The Audit Commission's web-based National Benchmarker, developed with the help of IPL, has been shortlisted for honours at this year's E-Health Insider Awards. Read more...
Date: October 15, 2009
July 2009 sees the launch of Chris Bradley's new Information Asset Management channel on the influential business intelligence portal, BeyeNETWORK. Read more...
Date: July 1, 2009
Chris Bradley's new book, jointly authored with Steve Hoberman and Donna Burbank, has received glowing reviews since its publication earlier this year. Read more...
Date: May 15, 2009
Enterprise Architecture (EA), Business Process Management (BPM) and Information Management (IM) are disciplines that aim to provide clarity and direction enabling organisations to realise their strategic goals. Employing these approaches can provide real value, but they are often too comprehensive to provide the insight that could truly benefit change initiatives in the short to medium term. With this in mind, a full-blown EA, BPM or IM engagement may not be the best starting point. This paper discusses the proven technique of Blueprinting and the insight that can be delivered quickly through better understanding business complexity. Read more...
Register to download IPL's Blueprinting a Practical Guide to Conquering Business Complexity white paper.
This white paper will first look at what Big Data is, and the challenges and benefits of exploiting it. It will then explain some specific examples of how government bodies and firms in the telecoms and finance sectors can get the most out of their Big Data. Following this, the paper will look at some of the technologies that make such exploitation possible, and highlight the staff skills that are required to make the initiative a success. Read more...
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This paper examines many aspects of data modelling. By understanding Database Management Systems (DMBS) in an historical context from their infancy in the 1950's to the data explosion of today we explore not only the legacy challenges organisations face, but how Information Professionals must deliver data in consumable formats and use data as ‘the’ corporate asset. Read more...
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Processes are the power house of any business. They describe how a business sets about delivering value to its customers in the form of products or services. Put simply, they articulate how a business does what it does. It almost goes without saying therefore, that these processes are of fundamental importance to the business, and need to be managed and exploited just like any other corporate asset. Read more...
(PDF, 1,067kB)
We are living with an Information Timebomb: the ever–increasing volume of data in our lives is constantly ticking away and causing potential mayhem to the enterprise. In order to avoid the enterprise being blown apart, it has become vitally important to have an effective Information Management strategy in place, and sooner rather than later. Indeed, failure to deploy a solid strategy will be detrimental to a business' long term survival if its executives, customers and employees rely upon that data. Read more...
(PDF, 2,967kB)
An introduction to the data mining process. Trevor Hodges demystifies the art of data mining, and suggests how you can shorten your analysis time by moving your data preparation to the Data Warehouse. Read more...
(PDF, 163kB)
An increasing number of reporting tools allow users to make use of a semantic layer. Chris Daniels examines the purpose of semantic layers and the benefits they deliver. Read more...
(PDF, 157kB)
In part 1 of this article Chris Bradley looked into the history of data modelling and the benefits of modelling for DBMS development. In part 2 he discusses how data modelling is relevant in today's IT landscape. Read more...
(PDF, 488kB)
The abundance of Business Intelligence tools, together with greater regulation and compliance requirements have created new challenges for today's enterprise BI solutions. Chris Bradley considers the role Data Virtualization and Open Source could play in your BI solution. Read more...
(PDF, 159kB)
A simple journey home turned into an epic battle against the elements for IPL's Jon Evans. By the time he finally made it, he'd had over 15 hours to ponder many things – like the weather, sports cars and even business intelligence. Read more...
(PDF, 205kB)
Is your business forming a spreadsheet daisy chain? James Adman discusses some of the common problems of spreadsheet proliferation. Read more...
(PDF, 130kB)
Could you be hit by the IT Credibility Crunch? Tim Franklin talks about the concept behind a potentially damaging problem that affects many IT Departments. He then highlights the common symptoms and finally identifies basic approaches to combat the causes. Read more...
(PDF, 152kB)
Master Data is a key concept in Information Management but one that often causes confusion. Chris Daniels asks “What do you mean by Master Data?” Read more...
(PDF, 128kB)
The discipline of data modelling has been with us for over 3 decades, but common issues prevent many organisations from realising benefit. Chris Bradley explores seven common non-technical mistakes. Read more...
(PDF, 200kB)
Data Modelling has been around for over 30 years. So, why is it that in many organisations the benefits of data modelling still need to be “sold” and in others the big benefits simply fail to be delivered? Chris Bradley looks at some of the common misconceptions. Read more...
(PDF, 139kB)
Poor information management is one of the biggest barriers to success in today's commercial world, but organisations are still failing to spot the telltale signs. Jon Evans looks at some of the most common symptoms. Read more...
(PDF, 481kB)
IPL's Business Consulting practice provides a range of services to help clients align people, processes and technology with corporate and business unit strategy. Critically, this also involves ensuring that the information acquired, managed and used within the organisation is genuinely treated as a valuable asset. Read more...
(PDF, 335kB)
Business Process Management (BPM) seeks to gain an understanding of an organisation's processes in order to improve operational efficiency. The discipline of analysing, changing, monitoring and optimising business processes is usually supported by a BPM Suite of software. BPM's value to an organisation lies in its ability to match the demands of business process owners with operational realities. Read more...
(PDF, 353kB)
Data management and governance is rarely perceived as a fundamental component of IT strategy, yet data related issues cost organisations around the world millions every day. Data is the life-blood of any organisation; few would argue as to its importance. Yet the conscious management of such a vital component of an organisation's operations is often given a low priority. Read more...
(PDF, 258kB)
The modern world of data management has moved from being simply for bespoke developments to taking on a corporate view across the entire enterprise. Data is no longer simply contained in in-house systems. With such a complex landscape, how can businesses be sure that data flowing through their systems is consistent? Who controls the data, its definition and use (or uses) within a business? Read more...
(PDF, 636kB) (paper courtesy of Database Marketing Magazine)
Data is the lifeblood of most organisations and nowhere more so than within the NHS. Approximately 12 million hospital admissions take place in England each year accounting for over 50 million bed-days across 172 Acute trusts. The accuracy of the data recorded for each hospital admission is imperative to ensure the smooth operation of the health service. Read more...
(PDF, 246kB)
IPL's client is one of the world's largest global energy companies, generating annual revenue in excess of $240 billion. The enterprise has grown vastly over the years. This growth has mainly been inorganic in nature, due to a large number of takeovers, mergers and acquisitions of other related petrochemical companies. Read more...
(PDF, 266kB)
Imperial Tobacco Group (ITG) has grown rapidly over recent years through acquisition of new brands and expansion into new territories. A great diversity of local business systems plus inconsistent treatment of common classes of operations data gave rise to considerable pressures in the timely assimilation and utilisation of cross-divisional and group information critical to various levels of management. Read more...
(PDF, 188kB)
BeyeNETWORK UK is an invaluable resource for business intelligence, business integration, data warehousing and information quality professionals. It provides access to the industry's very best thought leaders including the head of IPL's Business Consulting practice, Chris Bradley.
In addition to the UK site, BeyeNETWORK has a global network of partner sites serving the information management community worldwide.
Composite Software, Inc. is the data virtualization gold standard at ten of the top 20 banks, six of the top ten pharmaceutical companies, four of the top five energy firms, major media and technology organizations, and multiple government agencies. These are among the hundreds of global organizations with disparate, complex information environments that use Composite's data virtualization platform to increase their data agility, cut costs and reduce risk.
Backed by nearly a decade of pioneering R&D, Composite Software is the data virtualization performance leader, scaling from project to enterprise for data federation, data warehouse extension, data virtualization layer architectures and cloud data integration.
DAMA International is a not-for-profit, vendor independent association of technical and business professionals dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices for data resource management and enterprise information.
The primary purpose of DAMA International is to promote the understanding, development, and practice of managing data and information to support business strategies.
DataFlux enables organizations to analyze, improve and control their data through an integrated technology platform. With DataFlux enterprise data quality and data integration products, organizations can more effectively and efficiently build a unified view of customers, products, suppliers or any other corporate data asset.
Companies worldwide have turned to DataFlux to supply business-driven solutions to their needs that deliver rapid ROI. Gartner has positioned DataFlux as the leading technology in their “Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools” report for the last 3 years running (2006, 2007 and 2008).
Embarcadero Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: EMBT) delivers professional grade database tools that companies use to design, develop and manage databases and the data they contain. More than 12,000 customers worldwide and over 90 of the Fortune 100 rely on Embarcadero's cross-platform tools to reduce complexity, improve productivity and strengthen security. The company's flagship database tools include: ER/Studio, DBArtisan, Rapid SQL and Change Manager.
Founded in 1993, Embarcadero Technologies is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Melbourne, Australia, Munich, Germany and Maidenhead, United Kingdom.
The Meta-Data Professional Organization (MPO) is a non-profit, international, professional association comprised of business and IT professionals in all areas of meta-data practice, including administrators, developers, architects and managers.
The MPO provides meta-data professionals with a community that fosters discussion, advancement, and increased understanding of meta-data as it is applied in the field.
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