Identity Resolution Daily Links 2007-11-12
BusinessWeek: Shoplifters Get Smarter
“Such theft has grown steadily in recent years, merchants and law enforcement officials say. ‘We have witnessed a steady increase in organized retail crime,’ says David Hill, a Montgomery County (Md.) police detective. ‘These groups operate with the training of a paramilitary.’”
blip.tv: ETech 2007 - Jeff Jonas
Jeff Jonas of IBM presents at the Emerging Technology Conference on what IBM calls entity analytics (otherwise known as identity resolution). Gartner recently began calling this category entity resolution and analysis.
silicon.com: Data sharing ‘could sap public confidence’
“Sir David Varney, the Prime Minister’s adviser on public-service transformation, said the nature of the data to be shared between government departments was still under discussion. Varney said: ‘There has to be a lot of careful thought about what data needs to be shared. If names, addresses and national insurance numbers were shared, people would benefit from a more personalised service.’”
YouTube: Buy Your Stuff Back on eBay!
KBTV’s report on buying stolen items on eBay.
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