Category Archives: Master Data Management

How Mature are Master Data Management tools?

By David Littlewood Now that Master Data Management (MDM) technology has been around for nine or ten years, what is the state of play in the MDM tool market? Are they relatively mature, similar to BI or Portal technology, for … Continue reading

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Thinking Differently About Master Data Management

November 17, 2011 By Florencio Espejo I’ve previously had a simplistic view of Master Data Management (MDM), that its aim was to build and maintain a ‘Master Entity’ that is clean, unique and free of data quality problems. Something that … Continue reading

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A Framework to Map and Grow Data Strategy

Adapting Maslow’s Hierarchy to manage multiyear data projects and a tool to monitor, predict and prevent program failure Maria Villar, Theresa Kushner, Information Management Magazine, Nov/Dec 2010 Many companies start an enterprise data management program during one fiscal year only … Continue reading

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Master Data Management at Glasses Direct

Glasses Direct chooses hybris PCM to support multichannel sales hybris, a leading multichannel commerce software vendor, has today announced that it has won the contract to provide Glasses Direct (www.glassesdirect.co.uk), the world’s largest online prescription eyewear store, with the hybris … Continue reading

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Master data management ‘has many benefits’

Companies which employ master data management processes will benefit in several ways, it has been suggested. IT Business Edge columnist Loraine Lawson said she had recently been impressed with an article by IT World writer Pedro Cardoso, in which he … Continue reading

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Microsoft Fills Up Database with New Technology

By Mark A. Smith Microsoft has started its marketing push for the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 database platform. Despite having the year 2008 in the name (which indicates how lengthy Microsoft’s release cycles are), this is a major release … Continue reading

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Moving Mountains: Sharing data on both sides of the Continental Divide

By @ Jeffery Smith In this third, and final, look at Colorado’s Office of Information Technology, CivSource spoke with State Chief Data Officer Micheline Casey about the challenges and opportunities of integrating a data management strategy within an enterprise framework … Continue reading

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Talend Announces Record 2009 and Continues Growth in the New Year

Company Cements Its Position As A Global Leader In Data Integration Talend, the recognized market leader in open source data integration software, today announced that 2009 was a record year for the company. For the tenth consecutive quarter, Talend achieved … Continue reading

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IBM buys MDM vendor Initiate Systems

The move follows Informatica’s acquisition of Initiate’s rival Siperian. Vendors have been moving to add MDM capabilities to their lineups and IBM’s move was not a surprise to some. IBM announced Wednesday that it plans to buy MDM (master data … Continue reading

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What You Need to Know about New Open Source MDM Offering

by Loraine Lawson This week, Talend released its master data management solution, arguably the first open source MDM solution. I’ve been sifting through the news announcement and analysts blogs, and the buzz is positive, but cautionary. Depending upon whom you … Continue reading

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