John Ladley is a recognized information technology thought leader with 30 years experience in strategic planning, design and implementation of enterprise solutions. He is a recognized authority and speaker on enterprise information management, enterprise architecture, information architectures, data governance, business intelligence, collaborative intelligence, data warehouse and knowledge management. He applies experience, knowledge and pragmatic thinking toward balancing business technology strategy and planning efforts and the practical solution of business problems. He can be reached at jladley@imcue.com.

How Do EIM Objectives Tie to Business Goals?
August 4, 2011 If information is handled and used without regard to an overarching business perspective, then you get quality issues, lack of...

EIM Business Cases
April 8, 2009 Without a good solid, money-in-the-bank business case, enterprise information management is a waste of time

The Components of EIM
February 12, 2009 A program that will keep you out of trouble and leverage data and content for your business requires layers of interacting parts

What Does EIM Look Like?
January 29, 2009 Creating an organization that treats information as an asset is not easy

A Fresh Look
March 15, 2007

"Get 'er Done" - Executing the Architecture
July 27, 2006

The Poetry of Data Models
December 22, 2005

Primer for Unstructured Data and Semantics
October 27, 2005

Plain English
September 29, 2005

Dealing with ADD (Appliction Development Disorder)
February 17, 2005

EIA Framework Definition, Part 5 - The Devil is in the Details
November 18, 2004

EIA Framework Definition, Part 4 – Closing the Gaps
October 7, 2004

Lies, Damn Lies and Information Technology
September 10, 2004 A discussion of how dishonesty is the root cause of many failed IT initiatives.

Starting the EIA, Part 3 - Discovery
August 26, 2004

Starting the EIA, Part 2 - Project Initiation
July 15, 2004

Thinking Outside of Sarbox
June 25, 2004 Conducting smart, ethical business practices is the place to start with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Do You Need an Enterprise Information Architecture? Part 1
June 17, 2004

What is a Data/Information Architecture Strategy?
May 20, 2004

Information Management Full Employment Acts
January 30, 2004

Convergence
July 14, 2003

The Return on Information
June 12, 2003

The Value of Information
May 9, 2003

Beyond the Data Warehouse: The Value of Information
May 9, 2003 Work is being done to determine the value of information and knowledge, and metrics are being developed to demonstrate and...

Beyond Rows and Columns, Part 4 – Collaboration
March 7, 2003

Beyond the Data Warehouse: Beyond Rows and Columns, Part 4 – Collaboration
March 7, 2003 Collaborative business intelligence (CBI) formalizes the process of capturing and using organizational intelligence and...

Beyond Rows and Columns - Unstructured Information, Part 3
January 24, 2003

Beyond Rows and Columns - Extreme Information Maturity (a.k.a. Enterprise Data Management)
December 6, 2002

Beyond the Data Warehouse: Practical Knowledge Management (or What Comes After the Rows and Columns?)
October 11, 2002 Practical knowledge management incorporates new processes and mind-sets that avoid the shortcomings of the old information...

Practical Knowledge Management (or What Comes after the Rows and Columns?)
October 10, 2002

Beyond the Data Warehouse: Information Management Maturity, Part 2
September 13, 2002 Pervasive technology is forcing organizations to take some formal stance on their information assets; therefore,...

Information Management Maturity, Part 2
September 12, 2002

Information Management Maturity
August 9, 2002

Beyond the Data Warehouse: Information Management Maturity
August 9, 2002 With the maturing of the data warehouse comes the discussion about the maturity spectrum for information management and...

How Business Affects the Technology
July 19, 2002

Affecting Business Change, Part 2
June 7, 2002

Alignment with the Business Community
May 21, 2002 Align your data warehouse infrastructure and tool selection with the business requirements of the organization and your...

Beyond the Data Warehouse – Affecting Business Change
May 10, 2002 DMReview.com is pleased to announce the addition of John Ladley to our fabulous lineup of online columnists. John’s...

Affecting Business Change
May 10, 2002

21st Century Information Architectures
December 1, 2001 This article is found in the 2002 Resource Guide, a supplement to the December issue of DM Review.