Master data management (MDM) is synchronized enterprise-wide business data that provides definitions and identifiers of internal and external objects involved in business transactions (e.g., customer, product, reporting unit, market share).
Justin Kern | Jan 20, 2012
REPORTNext four years will see spike in software revenue and repercussions for CIO failures
Jim Harris | Jan 10, 2012
Information Management BlogsThere’s no last piece with an ongoing governance program
Jan 06, 2012
Revelatory thoughts on the management of data from analysts and experts from DataFlux’s Data Roundtable
Rob Karel | Jan 06, 2012
Information Management BlogsWhat master data management was, will be … and won’t be
Justin Kern | Jan 04, 2012
Information Management NewsGartner: cost efficiencies and customer, product data needs will boost market revenue to $1.9 billion in 2012
Justin Kern | Dec 29, 2011
INTERVIEW10 Minutes with Jignesh Shah, VP of middleware product marketing at Software AG, on the importance of putting process at the front of MDM initiatives, and how to get the business-side engaged
Information Management Editorial Staff | Dec 22, 2011
Information Management Info DirectThe range of expertise from our writers touches on cutting edge industry trends like Hadoop and big data; long-standing BI issues like dealing with reporting, visualization and metadata; and expectations of vendor strategies by HP, SAS, Oracle and others
Rob Karel | Dec 13, 2011
Information Management BlogsCompanies with good data governance practices are expected to be a minority over the next three years, though a significant and growing one
Dec 13, 2011
Web Seminars
Consistent reference data is an essential part of any effort to accurately rationalize, consolidate and analyze information from numerous organizational units and data sources. In fact, reference data management should be one of the first steps in a data improvement process, as it establishes the relationships and hierarchies between data entities and business terms.
In this webcast, Evan Levy from DataFlux and Jim Ericson fromInformation Management will examine the role of reference data management in today’s data quality, data integration and MDM implementations.
Mark A. Smith | Dec 07, 2011
Information Management BlogsNICE made a wise investment in acquiring Merced Systems, considering the company’s profitability, growth, products and customer success. Now NICE must retain Merced’s key people and grow its investment
Joseph Goedert | Dec 02, 2011
Information Management NewsSurvey: policies and staff training are improving; breaches, identity theft and poor control over mobile devices are pervasive
Justin Kern | Dec 01, 2011
Information Management NewsNews about new and recently released products from GE, DataFlux, Red Hat and more
David Menninger | Nov 30, 2011
Information Management BlogsInformation Engine 9 includes data integration features that make Kalido more competitive, yet I would prefer to see more partnerships with those vendors to allow Kalido to focus where it can add the most value: managing the processes associated with data warehousing
Justin Kern | Nov 30, 2011
Information Management NewsForrester analyst puts releases in line with holistic integration solutions trend
Ara C. Trembly | Nov 29, 2011
Information Management NewsSimply leaving people to discover whatever information they run across online is risky for them, and irresponsible for insurers
