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Charl Barnard

Charl Barnard

GM of business intelligence at Knowledge Integration Dynamics

Charl Barnard, GM of business intelligence at Knowledge Integration Dynamics (KID), began his IT career in the South African Post Office in October 1992, where he was a help-desk support engineer. He moved to the network division as a network engineer, assisting in implementing the new network infrastructure after the split between the Post and Telecommunications divisions. Barnard then became a member of the team evaluating and implementing a Microsoft client-server environment for the organisation, with a focus on software, hardware and standardising on the TCP/IP protocol. He joined SPL (now part of Dimension Data) in October 1997 as a support engineer, supporting MicroStrategy customers in the Technical Services division. He later moved to the Data Warehouse-MicroStrategy division, where he became a senior consultant, supporting and training others. When Dimension Data cancelled its MicroStrategy distributorship in November 2000, Barnard was appointed technical services manager for the Cognos business unit. KID acquired the Informatica distributorship in January 2004 and appointed Barnard as GM of BI to take Informatica to market and build up a team of excellence.

Articles

TechForumJul 7, 2010

How to create a winning BI team

In the world of business intelligence, the team is of paramount importance, says Charl Barnard, Training Academy consultant at Knowledge Integration Dynamics.

Knowledge Integration Dynamics

StorageFeb 21, 2006

Seven pillars of data warehouse governance

Many data warehouses do not make it through the first iteration or fail to deliver value, simply because they are not subjected to proper governance, says Charl Barnard, product manager at Knowledge Integration Dynamics.

Knowledge Integration Dynamics

SNOJan 26, 2006

Data management critical to SNO`s success

Managing its data efficiently and accurately will have to be a core competency of the second national operator (SNO) if it plans to have a long and prosperous future.

Charl Barnard

BI and Data AnalyticsDec 7, 2005

Track data lineage to build confidence

For compliance purposes, organisations need to establish a complete "data lineage" that describes any piece of data, starting with its creation and ending with archiving or reporting.

Charl Barnard

BI and Data AnalyticsNov 28, 2005

Cornerstones of data integration performance

Hardware and networks are becoming faster all the time, but that doesn`t guarantee high performance in an IT environment.

Charl Barnard

ComplianceNov 1, 2005

Metadata vital to ensure proper compliance

Compliance is a perpetual process, with ongoing audits; and the wheel has only just started to spin. Data integration and metadata can be compliance enablers going forward.

Charl Barnard

BI and Data AnalyticsOct 21, 2005

Leverage BI to enable performance management

Organisational uptake of business intelligence (BI) solutions has never been higher, even though analysts say more than half of BI projects fail to deliver.

Charl Barnard

StorageSept 21, 2005

Thinking zero latency? Think changed data capture

Capturing data as it is updated is the most efficient means of keeping data warehouses up to date.

Charl Barnard

StorageSept 1, 2005

Zero latency means keeping data current

Data availability and quality are critical components of the zero latency organisation.

Charl Barnard

BI and Data AnalyticsJul 27, 2005

BI value depends on data quality

Business intelligence (BI) software can turn terabytes of data into valuable information, but BI tools won`t help if data is incorrectly profiled or is of poor quality.

ITWeb

Data ManagementJun 15, 2005

Enterprise visibility: A business imperative, an IT issue

Inefficiencies from duplication of data and systems and an inability to respond to new demands plague most organisations today.

Charl Barnard

Data ManagementMay 18, 2005

Data management boosts decision-making

Examining the importance of managing the quality of the data that supports decisions, and how it can be improved in the interests of competitive advantage.

Charl Barnard