The Knowledge Warehouse Limited came to life over several good lunches. It was the days of long lunches: well, it was for us anyhow. There were three of us. John L [one of the founders] was an excellent cook easily capable of turning out a sumptuous eight course degustation as a friendly evening meal. He was talking governance and sales. He had been nurturing the company name for a while, thinking knowledge was going to be the next big thing. That was the early to mid-nineties and he wasn’t wrong there. “Is it to be The Knowledge Warehouse or just Knowledge Warehouse” I asked? “Definitely THE Knowledge Warehouse” was the reply.

Clive C [another of the founders] was and still is the cleverest technical person I came across in my career. He would quietly set about knowing exactly how something worked and making sure that he delivered whatever was required. He covered such a wide range of areas that when he suddenly died it took three people to replace his set of skills.

The company was registered in 1996 but Clive’s death put The Knowledge Warehouse on ice for a few years. However seven years later we put together another group of friends and colleagues to stand The Knowledge Warehouse Limited on its feet as a data warehousing and business intelligence consultancy….