Master Data Management Reports

WHITE PAPER: This paper describes game-changing innovations in SQL Server® 2008 R2, including self-service business intelligence (BI), server manageability, complex event processing (CEP), and Master Data Services. 

Posted: 10 May 2010 | Published: 04 May 2010

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: 03 May 2010 | Published: 03 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Total Data Quality Integration Toolkit is an affordable, full-featured enterprise data integration platform and rich development environment for creating and managing data assets that can be leveraged specifically for MDM applications. TDQ-IT leverages SSIS to provide a flexible, effective solution for data quality and MDM initiatives.

Posted: 20 Apr 2010 | Published: 20 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong business case for data quality and MDM projects. A number of real-life examples with quantifiable benefits are also included.

Posted: 19 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Proper master data management (MDM) is very valuable when available to enterprise business processes and analytics. However, master data projects are often challenging, architecturally complex, time intensive and expensive. This paper explains why the time is right for open source MDM, and predicts the effects of open source on the MDM marketplace.

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 | Published: 16 Mar 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 Feb 2010 | Published: 16 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Learn about the importance of having a data quality strategy and setting the overall goals. The six factors of data are also explained in detail and how to tie it together for implementation.

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper considers the potential of exploiting existing data held by organizations in such a way that it can be used to generate increased revenue. It considers the issues facing organizations in terms of the quality of their master data, as well as making recommendations to achieve improved revenue management.

Posted: 28 Jan 2010 | Published: 28 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper to learn how you can use IBM's InfoSphere software, and integrated platform for trusted information, to align business and IT, accelerate your projects for faster time to value, leverage your existing infrastructire, and adapt to the changing needs of your business.

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 | Published: 11 Nov 2009

EBOOK: An original SearchDataManagement.com E-book offering advice and best practices specifically for IT professionals charged with creating or updating BI programs in ERP environments.

Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this presentation transcript featuring best-selling author, Len Silverston, learn how to implement universal patterns for data modeling to improve management flexibility. Gain insight into various modeling choices to meet your organization's needs. Discover how to improve quality and reduce management costs by re-using patterns.

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: An Information Agenda is an approach for transforming information into a trusted strategic asset that can be rapidly leveraged across applications, processes and decisions for sustained competitive advantage.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Published: 06 Oct 2008

EBOOK: In this E-Book, hear from analysts and experts about recent trends in customer data and learn how winning organizations are truly taking action on analytics. Learn about the challenges that many organizations face when establishing and maintaining customer data management and retention programs and how to meet those challenges head on.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Database growth, long-term data retention regulations and storage requirements increase operational costs. Yet, archiving complex relational data poses many challenges. Optim Data Growth Solution provides proven technology and comprehensive capabilities that make archiving complex relational data practical and desirable.

Posted: 04 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

ANALYST REPORT: This paper brings an in-depth look at the results of this survey and tries to clearly define and measure the state of data quality. Read this paper to learn what 193 respondents who completed the survey from all around the world had to say about the state of data quality.

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 | Published: 31 Aug 2009

WEBCAST: The SAS® Enterprise Data Integration Server gives you the power to know how to quickly attain and manage consistent and trusted data throughout your organization. This webinar will show how this single data integration solution can consolidate vendors, respond quickly to new data integration requirements, and even reduce the overall cost...

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Jun 30, 2009

WHITE PAPER: EIM is the effort and practice of reaching across all data and application silos embedded in the organization's operating infrastructure; then binding those repositories together into one effective information management environment. This white paper will discuss metadata management, master data management, data quality, and data migration...

Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

EBOOK: Ensuring that your SAP MDM initiative is successful requires a few tips and tricks. In this E-Book, you'll learn, among other things, why today's economic climate may help you make the business case for SAP MDM and why fixing broken business processes that are hamstrung by inconsistent data is so important.

Posted: 08 Mar 2009 | Published: 08 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Due to the financial meltdown in the mortgage-backed securities industry, new compliance requirements will be implemented. Read this paper to find out how organizations can ensure compliance with stricter regulations and manage risk appropriately so the business does not slip into non-compliance resulting in negative publicity or punitive fines.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2009

BROCHURE: As partners in some countries join to collaborate in a multi-polar world, the amount of data increases and the chances for error balloon, master data management helps bring continued high performance in the demanding consumer-goods market.

Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: Master data management solutions helps organizations maximize the value of postmerger integrations, manage the product lifecycle, meet regulatory requirements and improve the effectiveness of transactional and reporting systems.

Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: This global CIO2CIO research program was conducted for SAP, Inc. to gain insight into information management practices in various regions of the world and the research was conducted among IT professionals in the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2007

WHITE PAPER: Improve planning, building, and deploying a master data management (MDM) environment. Consider an evolutionary – rather than revolutionary – approach to MDM, and examine how to use MDM with business intelligence applications and an underlying data warehousing environment to improve decision making.

Posted: 18 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007

WHITE PAPER: In this paper learn how Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) as a part of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) conceptual framework are a natural collector and organizer with virtual product information.

Posted: 09 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper analyzes the issues of conventional data warehouse design process and explains how this practice can be improved using a business-model-driven process in support of effective Business Intelligence.

Posted: 04 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008