Master Data Management Reports

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how Brent used IBM to supply the customer data integration and master data management (MDM) to consolidate back-end systems to reduce administration costs, improve customer service and minimise benefit fraud.

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores how Telecoms who apply information governance to solve business problems and service significant events in a similar manner can recognize significant return. Learn how information governance can help Telecom's improve the quality and reliability of data to increase profitability, reduce unnecessary costs and risks.

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 | Published: 27 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, you'll uncover how to drive a successful business transformation. Learn how to improve your data quality while reducing the risk of delays in business-critical SAP projects.

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 | Published: 27 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the need for information management solutions that offer consolidated, consistent and repeatable methods for the discovery and management of information. Learn how your organization can deliver trusted information to drive breakthrough business results.

Posted: 27 Jul 2011 | Published: 27 Jul 2011

EGUIDE: Read this E-guide and discover SOA management best practices and considerations for any MDM strategy. Find out how organizations can leverage open source middleware to integrate on-premise data and applications with cloud-based deployments.

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 | Published: 17 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Forrester Consulting examined the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) enterprises may realize by deploying the IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) solution.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 14 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores how a consolidated set of value-added data services that span the scope of data management best practices can reduce operational costs, increase efficiency, all while improving the quality and utility of enterprise data.

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 | Published: 10 Jun 2011

EBOOK: This eBook provides practical advice on creating enterprise-wide data management strategies that cna help unlease the full potential of corporate information.

Posted: 10 Jun 2011 | Published: 10 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses how Trillium Software extends that principle to ensure services are driven by data governance defining the criticality and use for the data, and establishing roles and responsibilities within the business and IT to achieve business goals and objectives.

Posted: 10 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, BI expert Wayne Eckerson will discuss why delivering clean, consistent, and integrated data is so challenging and prescribe several ways to achieve integrated data, including allocating the right people, establishing the right processes, and selecting the right technologies.

Posted: 06 May 2011 | Published: 05 May 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript, Ron Powell will provide an overview of the information integration and governance theme and discuss the importance of the five topics within that theme: information integration, MDM, data warehousing and analytics, database management and tools, and database security and privacy, and lifecycle management.

Posted: 05 May 2011 | Published: 05 May 2011

EBOOK: In this eBook, readers will find an overview of key information governance issues and practical advice on building a business case for information governance, developing an information governance strategy and structuring an information governance program.

Posted: 21 Apr 2011 | Published: 21 Apr 2011

JOURNAL ARTICLE: Read this collection of journal articles to learn a variety of approaches to creating options for business success, even in the face of scarce resources.

Posted: 21 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Jan 2010

EBOOK: In this eBook, IT, BI and data management professionals will get an overview of analytical MDM and learn how to develop and manage a successful program for mastering their BI data. Get insight and advice on analytical MDM’s potential benefits, challenges to watch out for and combining it with operational MDM for a full enterprise approach.

Posted: 20 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

BOOK: This 150 page book by Sunil Soares provides a practical set of detailed steps and sub-steps to implement an Information Governance program, as well as the associated automation provided by IBM Software.

Posted: 17 Mar 2011 | Published: 16 Mar 2011

CASE STUDY: A leading UK-based music licensing company works with DataFlux and Deloitte to verify and validate millions of data records from multiple sources.

Posted: 28 Feb 2011 | Published: 28 Feb 2011

EBOOK: In this E-Book, learn about getting started with MDM programs, including how to sell the idea internally in order to secure funding and how to build a foundation for a successful MDM deployment. In addition, read about MDM trends and some of the challenges that companies can face on MDM implementations.

Posted: 02 Dec 2010 | Published: 02 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses challenges with trusted data in enterprises and recommends solutions through a data warehousing implementation scenario. The paper also discusses the capabilities of InfoSphere Foundation Tools and provides proof points through customer scenarios on the productivity, acceleration and risk reduction benefits.

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 | Published: 29 Nov 2010

EZINE: Business intelligence is a hot topic in 2010, especially with the upcoming release of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 R2 being dubbed as the "BI release." In this e-zine, one SQL Server expert breaks down exactly what goes into self-service BI, where it works and where it falls short.

Posted: 16 Nov 2010 | Published: 16 Nov 2010

EBOOK: MDM has experienced a rise in popularity - with SAP planning to lead the market in master data synchronization to help customers achieve lower TCO in running SAP. Uncover SAP's multiple product approach to MDM as well as changes in SAP's MDM strategy and gain insight on how to design an MDM team for your SAP MDM implementation project.

Posted: 11 Nov 2010 | Published: 10 Nov 2010

EZINE: This issue’s cover story explains what the SQL Server 2008 R2’s Master Data Services (MDS) feature can—and cannot— do. Also learn how to get the full value out of the SQL Server 2008 BI stack, and how to boost SQL Server performance with data collection and analysis.

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 | Published: 09 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: Ray Wang of The Altimeter Group explores the IT and business criteria organizations must consider when planning their next BI deployment.

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 | Published: 28 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Reference data is the lifeblood of an organization but inconsistencies can lead to inefficient processes and inaccurate analytics. Master reference data makes operational data more accurate, simplifies synchronization and migration projects and improves MDM effectiveness. Learn some key considerations for creating a reference data master.

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 | Published: 27 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Despite criticism of application development methodology over the years, some fundamental problems haven’t been addressed successfully. This paper examines a new direction supported by the IBM InfoSphere Foundation Tools. These tools provide a coordinated approach well-suited to the special needs of contemporary information-centric development.

Posted: 16 Aug 2010 | Published: 13 Aug 2010

ANALYST REPORT: DataFlux was recently positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders Quadrant of its 2010 “Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools” report. Gartner’s Magic Quadrants evaluate vendors within a particular technology market based on their completeness of vision and ability to execute. Use this Magic Quadrant to understand the data quality tools market.

Posted: 03 Aug 2010 | Published: 29 Jul 2010