Infoshare announces a new customer: England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) selected Infoshare’s ClearCore Enterprise solution to form an integral part of their infrastructure for identifying, matching and de-duplicating personal data. Through better management of personal data across all interactions from playground to the Test arena, the ECB […]
DataIQNOW 14 had some great speakers, fantastic venue and food wasn’t too bad either… an account of the day by Infoshare’s Richard Onslow. I was uplifted to hear that businesses are finally paying attention to the most fundamental key to success – the relationship with their customers. Paul Laughlin keynote on the Banks journey from […]
A new online map of England and Wales allows people to enter their postcode and find their community’s risk of developing 14 medical conditions. Researchers at Imperial looked at 8,800 wards in England and Wales, each with a populace of 6,000 people. They collected data from the Office for National Statistics and from cancer registries […]
ClearCore uses .NET and Java runtimes to provide SSL services and does not make use of OpenSSL for this purpose. Therefore we believe that we are not vulnerable to the Heartblead exploit. In addition, preliminary testing of a standard configuration of ClearCore on a dedicated server confirms this belief. Non-standard configuration, or additional components installed […]
Show me the money – the best argument for putting forward a data quality business case This is a great article written by Andy Hayler that shows how building a business case for data quality is not rocket science, it just involves taking a simple look at existing business processes and checking the cost of […]
This is a very comprehensive article written by Mark Humphries on the revenue generation, cost reduction and regulatory compliance benefits of better data management. Preparing a business case for the single view of a customer In previous roles, I have delivered several ‘single view of a customer’ projects. Each time, I prepared a very positive […]
Google has said the number of requests it has had from governments to share information about its users has gone up by 120% in the past four years. The rise was blamed on an increase in users, but the company also said more governments were starting to “exercise their authority to make requests”. In releasing […]
Is it just us or is there still a significant lack of understanding of the fact that good data can be used as a strategic asset and in some cases, can save lives? Ignorance in some quarters is restricting the ability for public sector agencies to identify vulnerable citizens; allowing fraud to take place without […]
We have noticed a significant uptake in the larger companies engaging with us as an SME during the last six months. The Cabinet Office have been extremely supportive of the SME community and the largest suppliers to Government seem to be embracing the innovation and cost advantages presented by the SME’s out there. Whilst it […]
Probably the two most compelling reasons to invest time and money into a Data Management Strategy are cost reduction and better decision-making. One should not underestimate the effect that accurate data has on understanding customer behaviour, buying trends, product retention, promotional activity, financial stability…the list is endless. The initial thought process should precipitate answers to […]