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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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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Metadata management is often overlooked, misunderstood or assumed to be taken care of automatically as part of an MDM initiative. While it’s true that databases can generate metadata reports based on a logical data model, there’s a lot more than that to [...]

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Most data quality initiatives consist of processes, procedures and technology, with the goal of achieving a desired level of quality in corporate data.
While companies sometimes did data quality projects prior to the emergence of MDM, I cannot stress enough how important it [...]

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Well, the short answer is – “it depends”! Putting aside the conventional answer for the moment, I’d say that a critical first step in achieving a pragmatic MDM strategy is that your company must agree and commit to developing a 3-5 year [...]

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Customer Data Integration (CDI) was declared “done” by industry analyst Aaron Zornes at the recent CDI-MDM Summit conference in New York.
Most leading edge companies implementing CDI have the technology, business processes, and data governance in place. So for some MDM practitioners [...]

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What an exciting week we had! 
First, the Siperian users’ conference on Tuesday, followed by the CDI-MDM Summit in New York on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 
The biggest theme reiterated by the majority of speakers throughout  the week for a successful MDM implementation was [...]

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