Identity Resolution Daily Links 2008-10-6
By the Infoglide Team
CIOZone: What To Do About Bad Data
“The amount of data is doubling every 12 to 18 months—but much of it is inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise flawed. And bad data costs organizations between 10 to 20 percent of revenue. But there are steps CIOs can take to fix the data problem.”
ZDNet: Data Quality - Upstream or Downstream?
“How come most companies start worrying about the quality of your data only when it’s already dirty and in use? How come it doesn’t occur to them that the quality of data needs to be thought through before it’s actually captured? Even at the early stages of data capturing, data quality already plays an important role in the future of the company.”
Star-Ledger: eBay makes bid to oppose limits on online sales
“The big-box retail chains say they are concerned eBay and similar online sales sites offer professional shoplifters a largely anonymous venue for e-fencing their stolen goods. But eBay says brick-and-mortar retailers are using the argument as a ploy to try and stifle competition from online sellers. Coming as it does at the threshold of the holiday shopping season, there is a lot at stake for both sides in this Goliath vs. Goliath battle for the hearts and wallets of American consumers.”
CNW Group: Protecting lottery customers
“Over the past 12 months, OLG has taken significant action toward protecting lottery customers from theft and fraud.”
Your Industry News: Stopgap Bill Includes $101B For DOD Procurement
“The $630 billion-plus stopgap spending bill signed into law by President Bush includes $487.7 billion to fund the Defense Department and more than $40 billion to fund the Homeland Security Department through the end of fiscal 2009.”
Vancouver Sun: The war on retail crime
“Technology is becoming sophisticated enough to recognize when conventional patterns are broken, such as a door that is only entered by employees coming from a certain direction.”
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