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Tips for master data management best practice
Master data management (MDM) projects must be business-owned, joined up, and proven step-by-stepOpinion
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Integrated business services address enterprise MDM, analytics
Accenture contends that integrated business services joined to master data management (MDM) can create an enterprise-wide master data, reporting and analytics capabilityOpinion
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Big data and master data management more coupled than expected
Master data management provides the dimensions for big data facts, as a slew of big data projects highlight a link to data governance and qualityOpinion
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Data quality essential to master data management
It is possible to have a data quality initiative without master data management, but every MDM project must have a data quality elementColumn
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B2B data integration offers bigger bang than big data, says Freeform Dynamics
Business-to-business data integration “could do better” as British and Dutch firms over-rely on manual process, says Freeform Dynamics study.News | 27 Sep 2012
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Irish dairy exporter plots expansion with data matching
Irish Dairy Board aims to match consumer preferences with the dairy produce of farmers and processors. Aligning data from multiple sources is critical if data matching is to sub-serve export growthFeature
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Build consensus on MDM programme goals to boost chances of success
Advice on how to build political consensus for successful MDM initiatives, distilled from Jim Mortleman's fieldwork for SearchDataManagement.co.UK. Common advice uncommonly gathered.Feature
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Business focus vital for effective master data management strategy
To be successful, a master data management programme must be designed from the outset with business objectives foremost in mind. Get advice on how to build a business-trained MDM strategy.Feature
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Time to tame data architecture complexity, but task is tough
Data architecture is close to a misnomer. Complex corporations are striated by applications, beset by politics. Service buses, data governance programmes offer remedies, but don't underestimate task.Analysis
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Network Rail selects Informatica MDM platform for whole-system view
Network Rail chose Informatica for the MDM stage of its change programme, aimed at reducing costs by 30% by 2019. Its Orbis unit is working with Capgemini on an eight-year asset information effort.News | 04 Jul 2012
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Wildcat big data silos add splash of ungovernability to enterprise IT
Wildcat big data projects are threatening to add a layer of ungovernability to enterprise IT, says MDM godfather Aaron ZornesNews | 12 Apr 2013
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Tips for master data management best practice
Master data management (MDM) projects must be business-owned, joined up, and proven step-by-stepOpinion
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Integrated business services address enterprise MDM, analytics
Accenture contends that integrated business services joined to master data management (MDM) can create an enterprise-wide master data, reporting and analytics capabilityOpinion
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Hadoop silos need integration, manage all data as asset, say experts
Big data hype causes disorders in organisations, including Hadoop silos, exaggerated importance of data scientists and too much experimentationAnalysis | 15 Feb 2013
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Top 10 information management stories of 2012
Top 10 information management stories of 2012. Big data dominates, but master data management, data quality and data visualisation featureTop 10 | 20 Dec 2012
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Big data and master data management more coupled than expected
Master data management provides the dimensions for big data facts, as a slew of big data projects highlight a link to data governance and qualityOpinion
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Data quality essential to master data management
It is possible to have a data quality initiative without master data management, but every MDM project must have a data quality elementColumn
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B2B data integration offers bigger bang than big data, says Freeform Dynamics
Business-to-business data integration “could do better” as British and Dutch firms over-rely on manual process, says Freeform Dynamics study.News | 27 Sep 2012
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Irish dairy exporter plots expansion with data matching
Irish Dairy Board aims to match consumer preferences with the dairy produce of farmers and processors. Aligning data from multiple sources is critical if data matching is to sub-serve export growthFeature
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Sandvik tightens supply chain with single supplier e-procurement portal
Swedish mining and construction giant Sandvik simplified its interface with thousands of suppliers using an ERP data integration web portal from Liaison.Case study
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IT pros reveal benefits, drawbacks of data virtualization software
Attendees at Composite Software's Data Virtualization Day conference had plenty of advice for companies considering a data virtualization project.Conference Coverage | 11 Oct 2012
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B2B data integration offers bigger bang than big data, says Freeform Dynamics
Business-to-business data integration “could do better” as British and Dutch firms over-rely on manual process, says Freeform Dynamics study.News | 27 Sep 2012
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Case Study: US Xpress deploys hybrid big data with Informatica
US Xpress is using a suite of data tools and integration products from Informatica to boost its fleet managementNews | 19 Mar 2012
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Forrester Wave: Informatica, IBM lead data virtualization tools market
Informatica and IBM are the top dogs in the data virtualization software market, thanks to a strong combination of “enterprise-class” features, according to Forrester Research Inc.News | 26 Jan 2012
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Data virtualization tools: Are they right for you?
Data virtualization software has moved beyond emerging-technology growing pains, say IT pros and analysts. Now the issue is finding uses that it fits.News | 24 Jan 2012
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HealthNow picks Informatica data virtualization over IBM and Composite
A comprehensive product evaluation led insurance provider HealthNow New York Inc. to choose Informatica data virtualization software over competing products from IBM and Composite.News | 14 Jul 2011
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IT in Europe e-zine: Data Management & BI Edition
The benefits of effective data management and business intelligence are many; so are the challenges. Get practical information and advice on data management & BI strategies in the IT in Europe ezine.e-zine
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Forrester predicts a rise in demand for data virtualization technology
Data virtualization tools aren’t widely used now, but Forrester Research expects that to change as users look for new approaches to data integration.News | 30 Jun 2011
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BI software users report a sharp rise in data integration challenges
Data integration challenges are keeping many BI practitioners awake at night, according to the results of a new SearchBusinessAnalytics.com survey.News | 17 Jun 2011
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Event-driven architectures' implications for enterprises and data management professionals
Event-driven architectures enable unique benefits for enterprises. But data management professionals may have to develop a new mindset for EDA success.News | 14 Oct 2008
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Hadoop silos need integration, manage all data as asset, say experts
Big data hype causes disorders in organisations, including Hadoop silos, exaggerated importance of data scientists and too much experimentationAnalysis | 15 Feb 2013
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Big data and master data management more coupled than expected
Master data management provides the dimensions for big data facts, as a slew of big data projects highlight a link to data governance and qualityOpinion
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Surrey County Council finds SAP cost savings with Enterprise Support
Surrey County Council is saving time and reducing user despair in its SAP usage, according to Tahiana Jefferis, SAP competency managerCase study | 17 Dec 2012
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Irish dairy exporter plots expansion with data matching
Irish Dairy Board aims to match consumer preferences with the dairy produce of farmers and processors. Aligning data from multiple sources is critical if data matching is to sub-serve export growthFeature
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Data ethics: Author warns of ethical pitfalls of data collection
Heedless data collection in business analytics programmes is breeding moral hazards, according to author Frank Buytendijk.News | 06 Sep 2012
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Business intelligence and analytics: how to develop a complementary strategy
Instead of replacing traditional BI and data warehousing with predictive analytics, organisations should pursue a complementary strategy. BI needs big data analytics, which needs BI.Opinion
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John Linwood, BBC CTO, on the Olympics output and digitisation
The BBC’s chief technology officer John Linwood talks about managing record-breaking Olympics online viewing and the digital future of the BBCInterview | 15 Aug 2012
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Companies struggle to get past open source ‘big data’ experimentation
Open source big data technologies are attracting enterprise interest. Experts say, Experiment, but have business value in mind.News | 13 Aug 2012
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Time to tame data architecture complexity, but task is tough
Data architecture is close to a misnomer. Complex corporations are striated by applications, beset by politics. Service buses, data governance programmes offer remedies, but don't underestimate task.Analysis
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Deloitte: customer data analytics insight can breed new moral hazards
Deloitte data survey indicates UK organisations should tread warily when doing analytics on customer data. But opportunities abound for those who educate their customers well and are transparent.News | 11 Jul 2012
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Aerospace online supply chain hub eases bottlenecks in manufacturing
Matthais Naumann, senior vice-president at EADS, leads the development of ‘AirSupply’, an online supply chain hub created by five leading European aerospace manufacturers, hosted in the cloud by SupplyOnFeature
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IT pros reveal benefits, drawbacks of data virtualization software
Attendees at Composite Software's Data Virtualization Day conference had plenty of advice for companies considering a data virtualization project.Conference Coverage | 11 Oct 2012
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B2B data integration offers bigger bang than big data, says Freeform Dynamics
Business-to-business data integration “could do better” as British and Dutch firms over-rely on manual process, says Freeform Dynamics study.News | 27 Sep 2012
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Irish dairy exporter plots expansion with data matching
Irish Dairy Board aims to match consumer preferences with the dairy produce of farmers and processors. Aligning data from multiple sources is critical if data matching is to sub-serve export growthFeature
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Companies struggle to get past open source ‘big data’ experimentation
Open source big data technologies are attracting enterprise interest. Experts say, Experiment, but have business value in mind.News | 13 Aug 2012
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Data virtualisation on rise as ETL alternative for data integration
The Phone House and Novartis have turned to data virtualisation from Denodo and Composite to gain a single logical view of disparate data sources.Feature
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Network Rail selects Informatica MDM platform for whole-system view
Network Rail chose Informatica for the MDM stage of its change programme, aimed at reducing costs by 30% by 2019. Its Orbis unit is working with Capgemini on an eight-year asset information effort.News | 04 Jul 2012
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'Big data' MDM processes key to finding business value in new info
Big data MDM projects encounter a green field in the form of social media. And all big data is enterprise data, by definition. Business leaders will look to IT to derive serious business value.Feature
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MDM technology still affords chance to make poor software choices
The MDM market is not so mature that bad choices are difficult to make. Beware the hype of multi domain, and don't expect technology to solve governance problems, in isolation.Feature
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BI data integration process challenged by real-time needs, 'big data'
User demands for faster access to business intelligence data and the rise of "big data" analytics are complicating data integration for BI systems.News | 02 May 2012
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