Another marked increase in online publishing this month for the data quality sector. A smattering of new entrants means there is a steady flow of fresh ideas and insight in this months blog roundup.

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Data Quality Blog Roundup - June 2009 Edition

"El Festival del IDQ Bloggers” - June Edition - Steve Sarsfield hosted this month's IAIDQ and did a great write-up of the various data quality bloggers who had submitted their June posts, great to see the older blogs still going strong and of course some great new bloggers coming on the scene too, submit your entries for next month to the IAIDQ.

Evil Dictators: You Can’t Rule the World without Data Governance : Steve Sarsfield argues the case that only with data governance can business leaders bring order to their business units (we also interviewed Steve recently to talk about his new book launch).

Bord Gais loses 75000 customer records - Daragh O Brien writes on his personal blog about the recent data security breach at Bord Gais in Ireland and the potential fallout for customers and the organisation.

DataFlux Still Leads in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools 2009 - Vincent McBurney carries out his annual assessment of the Gartner Magic Quadrant and highlights the transition of vendors from the previous year.

Guerilla Governance : Mike Meier presents a great example of how poorly designed processes can emerge and how his particular approach of "Guerilla Data Governance" can help break down silos and move the business forward. (We also featured Mike in this recent interview).

Identifying Duplicate Customer Records - A case study where Dalton Cervo (also interviewed in this post) writes about the challenges, techniques and outcomes of attempting to consolidate 800+ customer management databases at Sun Microsystems.

IT Challenges for Enterprise Data Quality : David Loshin presents 3 common challenges the IT community face when attempting to deliver an enterprise data quality framework.

Lightweight Data Governance : A Starting Point : Mark Goloboy kicks off a series of posts that will focus on his experience of launching Data Governance initiatives. This post provides 5 really useful pointers for those treading a similar path.

Modeling the MDM Blueprint – Part 6 : James Parnitzke continues his excellent series on the Hub Solution Designs Blog, this week he looks at the activities involved in creating an MDM solution specification.

Quadrant for Data Quality Initiatives : Dalton Cervo creates a useful tool for utilising data quality dimensions in order to target which data quality initiatives in your organisation will require closer attention, Dalton also featured in our recent interview on Data Quality Pro:  "Identifying Duplicate Customer Records"

Qualities in Data Architecture : Henrik Liliendahl Sørensen discusses the importance of creating attractive data and creates a compelling metaphor for the importance of data quality in architecture.

Sun Tzu and the Art of Data Quality : Daniel Gent continues to be busy, last month we featured two of his posts and this one cites several examples of exactly why organisations have to step up and begin addressing data quality.

There goes another one : Graham Rhind laments the acquisition of yet another international name and address specialist to a data quality technology vendor, namely the Informatica acquisition of AddressDoctor. Graham debates the possible outcomes of the deal and what it could mean to the industry.

The terror of the Terrorist Watch list : Daragh O Brien on IQ Trainwrecks.com reports on some of the ongoing failures being carried out by the FBI as they attempt to manage the terrorist watchlist.

The Three Musketeers of Data Quality : Jim Harris with another great post, this one examines the 4 vital roles on any data quality project, an entertaining (and memorable) way to explain the importance of team dynamics on a data quality initiative.

TSA "Secure Flight" will require more demographic information : Stefanos Damianakis also reports on the recent challenges faced by the authorities when attempting to match airline passengers against terrorist watchlists, he also cites the obvious drawbacks with the current process.

What’s the value of prospect data or ex-customer’s data? : Ron Mulderij opens up a debate that stale prospect data can clog up CRM systems and should be routinely deleted as its value is constantly diminishing.

Useful Resources

Find all posts in : DQ Blog Roundup

• El Festival del IDQ Bloggers (promote your DQ posts or why not host it on your site one month?)
• Data Quality Blog Roundup (May 2009 Edition)
• Data Quality Blog Roundup (April 2009 Edition)
• Data Quality Blog Roundup (March 2009 Edition)
• Data Quality Blog Roundup (February 2009 Edition)
• Data Quality Pro Blog Roundup (January 2009 Edition)
• Data Quality Blog Roundup (December '08 Edition)
• Data quality blog roundup (November '08 edition)
• Data Quality Blog Roundup (October '08 Edition)
• Who are the data quality blogging heroes?
• How to create a professional data quality blog (Part 1 - Planning)
• 20 simple tips to spice up your data quality blog