In terms of access, having the evaluations in person provided the best opportunity to maximize students filling it out. It in terms of accuracy, soliciting feedback from people in class who doesn’t want to give […]

Infographic: Facebook Security
URL: http://sophosnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/facebook-security-infographic.pdf

I learned more about Facebook Security in 5 mins, then I could have reading a number of […]

One digital information good that my company produces is a Product Catalog. It is in essence exactly what you would think. It’s a replicia of the catalogue that we send to customers to order over mail or phone. […]

Deciding on KPIs is still the king in my book. While the increase and proliferation of data has increased to levels that seems difficult to put our heads around, setting up success metrics will allow us to focus […]

Fact: Spam Message
Measures: Reputation Score, Virus, Known Spambots, Unknown Sender
Dimensions: Date/Time, IP Subnet, Country of Origin

Spam Message data will show the trend in Spam Message for a given date […]

Have you ever wondered where our new borns are entering this world with a higher chance of getting struck by violent crime?

http://www.datamasher.org/mash-ups/born-die

I wonder what drives this. Does […]

Process and data have a symbiotic relationship. The data is only as good as your process for collecting it. The process can only improve by using feedback from data analysis. In the case of Intermountain […]

In the Organization I work for now, the key metric that the business is measured against is Earning Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization (EBITA). I think this metrics meets the SMART criteria for […]

I am periodically required to report of application changes from specifc applications and teams. In order to accomplish this I have to JOIN the Change table with the Team and Application table to yield results. […]

TUID has the makings of a good primary key (unquie per student), but I don’t think it would be. The same goes for the AccessNet ID. Both are externally facing, meaning people know them outside of the database. […]

We have an active End Point protection platform that protects all PCs in our organization from Malware. When dealing with new threats, the question that is asked is, “are all of PCs covered?” When building the […]

At my business there are tons of informal processes that we follow to resolve known issues or get work done. While undocumented, these pieces of knowledge, if not shared, would bring us to a grinding halt. For […]

I work as an Information Security Manager. Since Information Security is something hard to “see and feel”, mining data is critical to show the value I am providing the business. From multiple enterprise level […]

The most important take away for me was that creating effective change has nothing to do with technology. Communicating early and often with stakeholders, listening for feedback, being aware of the impact of your […]

I worked on a project in my organization that added GPS capabilities to track assets. This project extended that functionality out to customers to build analysis and applications from. Since this project was a […]

I agree as well. Store managers would be trading control over purchasing at the local store for… what? Properly communicating what the benefits would help ease the stress of not having a clear path. Staffing […]

As recently as November of last year, I remodeled my kitchen. We did not develop a PERT chart, but we did have a critical path that dictated how we planned. Financing, Demolition, cabinet delivery, Remodeling […]

I was an analyst implementing a Maintenance System for trailers. On this project, the business team increased the scope without considering the implications on the project. The project manager signed off on […]