Homes around the world have been invaded by coloured loom bands; small coloured rubber bands that can with patience, be intertwined to create a range of jewellery and accessories. As floors become littered with these bands, how can loom bands demonstrate data management principles?
Accessing Centralized Information
Information management seeks to facilitate and encourage the sharing of information within and between organizational functions. Information systems and information technology are implemented to facilitate access to centralized information so why is accessing centralized information difficult?
Negative Aspects of Information Silos
Information management seeks to remove a silo culture but why? What are the negative aspects of information silos?
Positive Aspects of Information Silos
The phrase ‘working in a silo’ generally has negative connotations and information management policies usually seek to eradicate a silo culture. This post explores whether there are any positive aspects of information silos.
Information in Animal Communication
Information technology has evolved but has the information communicated through the technology also evolved, or are we communicating the same information as other animals on the planet? This week’s blog considers the information in animal communication.
Personal Data Protection Act
On 2 July 2014 the Personal Data Protection Act came into effect in Singapore. What impact will this have on organizations?
Are You an Information Security Risk?
How Big a Risk to Information Security do you Pose to your Organization? Take the fun quiz here to find out.
Supermarkets Restructure Information Flows
Supermarkets Restructure Information Flows: Three of the major UK supermarket chains have announced plans to change their organizational structure. How will this affect their information management?
Data Security versus Data Access
Balancing data security versus data access for authorized users is a constant challenge. By increasing the number and range of security checks to authenticate customer access, are organizations making it more difficult for legitimate customers to access their accounts and subtly moving the balance of responsibility for data security to their customers?
Information and the News
Information is intended to change our behaviour in some way, to inform us. One of the characteristics of information is newness, new information on which we can choose to act or not to act. Is all information news and does all news provide information?