Hub Solution Designs

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Building a “Single Version of the Truth” can be more expensive than you expect, and documenting and measuring its ROI requires careful thought.
Good planning is more necessary than ever in an uncertain economic climate. The result of inadequate planning can be misdirected [...]

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We’re really looking forward to the MDM Summit conference in San Francisco, which runs from Sunday, March 30th through Tuesday, April 1st.
This is a very exciting space. Over the past few years, we’ve seen the mega-vendors like Oracle, IBM and SAP get more [...]

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Hub Solution Designs, Inc. was incorporated in September 2007. At this point in our history, I thought I’d spend a few minutes reflecting on what we’ve done so far and where we’re headed.
Clients: we’ve been lucky to get off to a strong start [...]

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I was reading a whitepaper by Aaron Zornes today (”2007-2008 Scorecards for Data Governance in the Global 5000 Enterprise” and came across an interesting quote:
“Although many organizations have improved end-to-end business processes through CRM implementations, the challenge of developing a unified [...]

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We just published the March issue of our monthly newsletter on MDM Best Practices. 
This issue has a great article on “How to Write an RFP for Master Data Management” by Ravi Shankar of Siperian.  We’ve also got a new team member who [...]

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I don’t want to interrupt the flow of Maureen Butler’s great series on “Building the Business Case”, but I just spoke to Julie Langenkamp, Editor-in-Chief at DM Review, and I’ve agreed to become a monthly columnist for their online edition. 
The column will run [...]

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When it comes to building the case for an Information Management strategy, cost reductions alone may generate enough benefits to justify your business case, or they could further enhance your economic arguments.
Here are some examples of where you may uncover potential cost [...]

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When you’re building the business case for an Information Management strategy such as MDM, CDI, Data Governance, or Data Quality, start by articulating the business problems or opportunities. By building a compelling case and getting executive sponsorship, you’ll have a stronger chance [...]

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Some client quotes at the end of a recent site visit:
“It’s not possible for one person to have all the necessary expertise, so we underutilize a lot of the tools.  We struggle for the fixes, for the process; we don’t know next [...]

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As the early adopters of Master Data Management are starting to move beyond their single data domain implementations and branching out to other domains, we’re seeing the timely arrival of MDM hubs capable of handling data from multiple domains.  So, what are [...]

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We wrote the cover story in this month’s issue of DM Review magazine. 
The article is on “The Politics of Master Data Management & Data Governance”, and you can find it at: http://www.dmreview.com/issues/2007_45/10000894-1.html.
Please let us know what you think!

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