Information Management

Information Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data is about making smart decisions to make the most of company information. Expert author William McKnight develops the value proposition for information in the enterprise and succinctly outlines the numerous forms of data storage. Information Management will enlighten you, challenge your preconceived notions, and help activate information in the enterprise. Get the big picture on managing data so that your team can make smart decisions by understanding how everything from workload allocation to data stores fits together.

The practical, hands-on guidance in this book includes:

• Part 1: The importance of information management and analytics to business, and how data warehouses are used
• Part 2: The technologies and data that advance an organization, and extend data warehouses and related functionality
• Part 3: Big Data and NoSQL, and how technologies like Hadoop enable management of new forms of data
• Part 4: Pulls it all together, while addressing topics of agile development, modern business intelligence, and organizational change management

Read the book cover-to-cover, or keep it within reach for a quick and useful resource. Either way, this book will enable you to master all of the possibilities for data or the broadest view across the enterprise.

Priase for Information Management:"This is an excerpt from the first chapter of Information Management: Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data, written by William McKnight…he addresses the relationship between information management and business value, explores data management technologies, and offers advice on maximizing the potential of enterprise information."—SearchDataManagement.com, March 31, 2014

"…overall it does provide some very useful information and guidance that could be used as part of a preparation and planning exercise towards developing a suitable data and information management strategy… it would make a suitable first guide for anyone who has been given the task of developing such a scheme, and might help to clarify some of the key issues in such a way as to make the task a little bit easier."Score: 7 out of 10 —BCS.org, April 2014

"William McKnight has delivered a very clear and concise explanation about how to get the most from your organization’s data. He steps the reader through an assortment of data processing technologies and approaches and show which deliver the best ROI for which types of workloads. This is a desperately needed mapping that many users will find invaluable!"—Wayne Eckerson, business intelligence thought leader and president of Eckerson Group, a business-technology management consulting firm specializing in BI, performance management, and analytics

"A blueprint and action plan for a corporate information management strategy, this book is a useful guide for anyone who wishes to improve business success with technology. Author William McKnight provides the foundation and tools for information managers to set policies and programs for the improved management of information, while addressing advances in architecture and technology principles."—Julie Langenkamp-Muenkel, Editorial Director of Information-Management.com

"I always enjoy William’s writing, especially his balance between inspiring foresight and pragmatic advice rooted in real-world experience. He has skillfully shown that poise again: with his guidance you’ll find Information Management transforms what can be a burdensome responsibility into an insightful practice."—Donald Farmer, VP Product Management, qlikview.com

"Many claim we're in the golden age of data management; every traditional paradigm and approach seems to have a newer, better, and faster alternative. This book provides a terrific overview of the new class of technologies that must be integrated into every CIO's technology plan."—Evan Levy, Co-Author, Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth

"Big data is no longer just an IT topic. It’s one that’s now top-of-mind for executives, too. William McKnight takes the increasingly knotty hairball of information management—its practices, technologies, and skills—and unravels it in this timely and relevant book. A must-read for business and IT pros alike."—Jill Dyché, SAS Vice President and author of The New IT

"I challenge any Information Management professional to not get value from this book. William covers a range of topics, and has so much knowledge he is able to offer usable insights across them all. The book is unique in the way it provides such a solid grounding for anyone making architectural or process decisions in the field of information management, and should be required reading for organizations looking to understand how newer approaches and technologies can be used to enable better decision making."—Michael Whitehead, CEO and Co-Founder, WhereScape Software