William Laurent is a renowned independent consultant in data, governance and IT strategy. You can reach him at william@williamlaurent.com.

Interface: Where We're Headed with Web 3.0
July 1, 2010 Not a gilded age or paradigm shift, but social interaction will increasingly drive business

Keeping Tabs on TARP
January 2, 2010 TARP-driven BI discourages behavior that focuses on short-term results at the expense of value creation and innovation in the...

The Latest Adventures in Know Your Customer
November 1, 2009 Financial institutions must do a better job of integrating KYC with other compliance efforts

Interface: The Town Hall Model in Governance
July 16, 2009 Important steps have been taken toward open and transparent interactions between the federal government and citizens;...

Interface: Social Networking and the Future of Governance
April 16, 2009 Engaging in democracy, enabling participation

More than Risk?
January 29, 2009 A GRC convergence provides a holistic approach to solving business problems

Green Intelligence
November 6, 2008 Green BI will be a key driver in helping companies become eco-friendly entities

A Better Era of SOA Governance
September 22, 2008 Establishing standards of control in SOA requires a skillful merging of both IT and business perspectives

Human Resources and Recruiting Management
May 20, 2008 Global enterprises face an unprecedented degree of competition in recruiting and hiring the best candidates at all levels.

Business Intelligence from Unstructured Information
March 27, 2008 A veritable wealth of competitive intelligence is available on the Internet for companies that learn how to harness it

Mining the Business Intelligence from Unstructured Information
March 18, 2008 Growing enterprises continue to watch their internal corporate data and information proliferate at unmanageable rates.

The Importance of SOA Governance
January 10, 2008 Well-executed SOA implementations will bridge the wide gap between enterprise architecture and business strategy

XML’s Supporting Role
November 29, 2007 A predominate theme of corporate governance is the efficient alignment of enterprise business units.

Corporate Messaging Governance
October 1, 2007 Often the need for expertise in retention and electronic discovery does not arise until an unexpected audit or legal action...

The Importance of SOA Governance
August 1, 2007

Business Continuity Dashboards
June 1, 2007

Dashboarding Governance
April 1, 2007

Corporate Governance and Data Security and Privacy
December 1, 2006

Outsourcing Governance
October 1, 2006

Governance Gap Analysis
August 1, 2006

Corporate Governance
June 1, 2006

Risk Management Systems
April 1, 2006

The Data Supply Chain
February 1, 2006

Perspectives on Managing an Electronic Document Management Project
December 2, 2005 EDM systems have certain unique and idiosyncratic pitfalls and issues - from the initial analysis/design to final integration...

MDDL: The Liberator of Market Data
April 1, 2005 You may have heard the buzz about an XML-based information interchange format called Market Data Definition Language (MDDL)....

The Case for Data Stewardship
February 1, 2005 Having first-class data significantly helps all aspects of your organization's business - helping to effectively gauge and...

Important Considerations for an International Customer Data
July 1, 2004 An effective international data warehouse needs to reflect and reinforce the core values of the organization itself. Thus,...

Business Continuity for IT Managers
March 30, 2004 Enduring total availability and continuous operation of vital business systems and critical data tops the list of urgent...

Business Continuity for IT Managers
January 1, 2004 Ensuring total availability and continuous operation of vital business systems and critical data tops the list of urgent...

Best Practices for Data Warehouse Database Developers
December 1, 2001 Operating in a VLDB multigigabyte to terabyte DSS data environment will often require unique approaches for database...