It has come to our attention in recent days that there is curiosity about who is really behind the Data Liberation Movement. As you may have read in our blog postings and issues of Policy Truth, data warehouse appliance leader, Netezza Corporation is the sponsor of the DLM. As described in our Mission, the purpose of the DLM is to ensure data rights for all. And, the initiative is focused on setting guidelines that foster transparency and full disclosure in the evaluation of the components of business-critical analytic solutions. We believe strongly in transparency and want to be clear about who’s behind this effort, so that the public and our growing membership base can be confident and aware of the cause they’ve joined.

We believe that dataliberators.com is a forum for those interested in these topics to readily engage among an audience of peers. If being clearer about the roots of the initiative helps our members make the best use of the site, then we proudly bring our Netezza name to the face of the Data Liberation Movement.

Thanks to all for your continued support and stay tuned for more from the DLM with a podcast featuring Mike Ferguson on evaluating data warehouse appliances that will be available next week.

- First Liberated