Articles Featuring MDM 2011

  • 25 May, 2011 – Gauging data governance
    By Andy Hayler, The Information Difference, in CIO UK
    For several years now there have been efforts to improve the consistency and quality of master data — the customer, product, asset and location information that is shared around an organisation.

  • 25 May, 2011 – The missing link in data quality
    By Andy Hayler, The Information Difference, in CIO UK
    Data quality is almost always worse than anyone imagined when starting a master data management project, and the issues that this stirs up has a major knock-on effect for master data projects, which by definition are about arriving at single, trusted versions of key shared data such as customers, products, locations and assets.

  • 21 May, 2011 – Aster Data Commands Technology Lead in Next-Generation Analytic Platform Market
    By Marketwire
    New Report From The Information Difference Places Aster Data in the Lead Technology Spot Among New Generation of Analytic Platform Solutions

  • 17 March, 2011 – Benchmarking real data governance
    Andy Hayler,in SearchDataManagement.co.UK
    It is increasingly dawning on companies that an effective data governance programme is key to the success of master data management (MDM) projects, which are fast emerging from the territory of pioneers into the mainstream.

  • 26 January, 2011 – Gartner Highlights 10 critical myths and realities of Master data management
    from IIFL, India Inforline News
    The adoption of master data management (MDM) promises many benefits ranging from business agility and improved business performance to increased revenue and lower IT and business costs. However, according to Gartner, Inc., achieving these benefits often entails overcoming formidable technical, organizational and political hurdles.

  • 26 January, 2011 – SAP’s Approach to Master Data: Pros, Cons and a New Addition
    By Loraine Lawson, in ITBusinessEdge
    SAP is changing its MDM offering in ways that Gartner believes will help the ERP company catch up. Here’s the even better news if you’re one of SAP’s many customers: These changes are in response to your requests.

  • 26 January, 2011 – The Collaborative Culture of Data Governance
    By Jim Harris, Information Management Magazine, 20/1/2011 –
    As more organizations realize the critical importance of viewing data as a corporate asset, data quality is an increasingly prevalent topic of discussion, especially within the context of establishing a data governance program.

  • 13 January, 2011 – The top five information management meltdowns of 2010
    By Mark Brunelli, News Editor, SearchDataManagement.comThe staff at SearchDataManagement.com searched the globe for some of the most remarkable information management screw-ups of 2010.

  • 11 January, 2011 – Gartner Magic Quadrant reveals SAP master data management soft spots
    By Mark Brunelli, News Editor, SearchDataManagement.com
    Organizations considering an investment in SAP master data management (MDM) software have a lot to think about, according to recent Magic Quadrant reports from Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc.