As one of the UK’s biggest managers of third party data for a whole variety of sectors, our company is clear about one thing: …read more »

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Your PM news alert (PM bulletin, 27th August) highlighting a data breach of one million bank details is becoming tiresome in its regularity.  Will we as an industry ever learn? …read more »

Jed Mooney is the managing director of Datahold, one of the UK’s leading database management companies.  Based in London and offshore in the Philippines, Datahold’s clients range from small start-up businesses to FTSE 100 corporations.  Below Jed describes why you must rid your mail file of unprofitable names and, crucially, how to do so. …read more »

I know of a well-known data bureau that has seen its staff hemorrhage from nigh on 60 to the grand total of 5 within the space of six years. Poor management? Not really. The data management industry is undergoing a structural shift whereby falling hardware and software costs have emboldened companies to take their data management in-house. Jed Mooney, managing director at Datahold explains further. …read more »

Jed Mooney, managing director at Datahold explains his view that far from being doomed, outsourcing is stronger than ever before, despite claims to the contrary… …read more »

Traditional data bureau argue that data processing is a highly skilled task and should be priced as such.  Competing bureau state that they manage data better than anyone else; their processes are more advanced; their software is better etc. …read more »

According to Ventoro Consulting, 19 per cent of all companies have an offshore strategy. However, when it comes to the US’s top 1,000 firms, the number of companies using an offshore strategy jumps to 95 per cent. Even a few Government departments are quietly outsourcing back-office functions to Asia. If that’s not a guide to the future, I don’t know what is. …read more »