As Data Quality is also our specialist discipline, here it is: Data Quality Pro.

Data Quality Pro provides the same depth of community features as Data Migration Pro and is currently growing at about 50 members a week so I’m ecstatic about how well it has been received.

Here are just some of the great articles, features and turorials that have been made available in the last two weeks:

• Data Quality Rules by Arkady Maydanchik - Tutorial 4 of 4: Rules for Event Histories
• Are your data quality skills up to scratch? Find out what employers are really looking for in a data quality analyst
• Scaling the heights: Data quality professionals give their insight into what it takes to climb the data quality career ladder to the very top (#1)
• Who are the data quality blogging heroes?
• Data Quality Rules by Arkady Maydanchik - Tutorial 3 of 4: Rules for Historical Data
• Data Profiling for Beginners - download a complete tutorial including free software to start your own data profiling initiative
• Need to trap data defects in Oracle? Download this free data quality pattern analyser
• Member Interview: Bryn Davies, Cape Town, South Africa
• Data Quality in Data Migration: 3 Podcasts including Transcripts are now available
• MIKE2.0 and omCollab - Need to accelerate your own information management framework?
• The Inaugural Data Quality Pro Prize Draw!
• Data Quality Rules by Arkady Maydanchik - Tutorial 2 of 4: Relational Integrity Constraints
• Going beyond Six Sigma. How KFR Services Inc. took their data to a whole new level of data quality
• Data Quality Book Review: “Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information.
• Do you struggle to create a compelling introduction to your DQ proposition? Learn how to tell stories that will boost your DQ opportunities.
• How to create an online data quality management repository (in less than an hour)
• Data Quality Rules by Arkady Maydanchik - Tutorial 1 of 4: Attribute Domain Constraints
• Data Quality Survey - The 3 Most Common Causes of Implementation Failure
• Are you sustaining change in your data quality initiatives? Lessons from leading change management specialists.
• Suffering from feast or famine in your DQ business or career? Learn how to network and promote yourself more effectively with this 2-part tutorial.
• The Elusive Data Quality Ideal
• Need a free data quality pattern analyser to help trap data defects in your business data? Download our pattern analyser for MS-Access
• Now live - DQ QuickLink, find data quality materials scattered across the internet literally in seconds

 

So yes, we’ve been busy!

 

Data Quality Pro is committed to helping data quality professionals get to the next level in their career or business.

 

Wny not check it out, register for the high value, free content and if you have any questions or want to get involved on the expert panel or contributing content then please contact us at the site.

Well, in all honesty I didn’t really know what to expect at the start but once we got the technology in place things have been motoring ever since.

We’ve now got just under 500 members from all corners of the world and the site is really taking off.

Some of the biggest names in the world of data migration and data quality are onboard our expert panel and we are adding lots of new features like helping members promote their skills in order to find new opportunities in the marketplace.

If you haven’t checked it out then please check out the benefits and register for your free membership.

Here are some of the highlights:

Knowledge Index: Interactive database of data migration related content across the web.

Expert Articles: Want to learn how to prioritise data quality in a data migration project? Interested in industry surveys? What’s happening with data migration technology? This section provides a range of knowledgeable information from leading experts in the sector.

Ask the Expert: Ever get a burning question you just can’t find an answer for? Why not browse our expert answers or pose a question to our expert panel?

Online coaching classes: Download the podcasts from the first two coaching calls with Practical Data Migration author, Johny Morris.

Technology Finder: Open Source? Federated? Integration? Migration? Check out our database of data migration and data integration vendors.

Find a job: Search for the latest data migration roles in your area.

If there is something you would like to see on the site, please let me know.

Simply travel to this page to download the 45 minute recording.

We are now introducing a regular data quality coaching feature within the community due to the high demand for knowledge and discussion in this area. Sign up to find out more.

If you are an expert in data quality or data migration and want to get your expertise noticed or just want to join in the debate then we recommend you sign up today.

Alternatively, if you’re new to data quality or data migration and just want some advice there is a whole host of information available to you on Data Migration Pro. Check it out and register soon.

We have just launched the world’s first community and knowledge management centre for the data migration profession.

The result is here - www.datamigrationpro.com

Data Migration Pro combines a business networking, knowledge management, career centre and much, much more.

We provide links to worldwide data migration published knowledge, feature community articles from leading experts but more importantly have outlined a commitment to the community of collaborating to raise standards and best-practices in this challenging field.

We invested heavily in the latest business networking and media management technology to deliver a truly world-class facility for customer organisations, vendors, professionals and researchers alike.

We hope you enjoy it.

For more details please go to http://www.datamigrationpro.com or the public blogsite http://blog.datamigrationpro.com

Membership is free and provides access to a wealth of private groups focusing on subjects such as strategy, technology, business sectors and a range of other data migration related issues.

To register your free account please just click here

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