New world order

Created by Scott Kim

YOU CAN'T GET GOOD BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE unless you have good data. But all too often, companies fail to take the basic steps to ensure data quality. As Larissa T. Moss explains in her article “Pay Now or Pay Later” on page 16, “Data quality should be on the radar screen of every intelligent enterprise.”

How good are you at fixing corrupted data? Try your hand at rearranging the 25 squares below to restore the photo of the world (use the image on the right as your guide). Hints: First find the corner pieces, and rotate squares as needed. When you have finished, you will see a question with incomplete “data.” When you have the answer, your work is done.

Solve the complete puzzle online by November 15 to automatically be entered in a drawing for a Teradata varsity-style jacket. Good luck!

Congratulations! Joe Vandermeer, a business analyst with SingTel Optus Pty. Limited in North Sydney, Australia, was selected as the winner of last issue’s Money Matters puzzle. Be like Joe and play to win! This issue’s contest ends November 15, 2003.