Andrew White

Well I have to give IBM more credit for day two.  IOD 2009 opened up with a general session that was filled with customer stories of changed business outcomes, and changes in business processes.  In fact, some of the examples highlighted how “information led-transformation” was transparent since the real focus is not data, or information, [...]

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So I took copious notes from the morning sessions at IBM’s IOD 2009 conference!  In fact I took so many that I might have to get them into a note format.  But, to there were three items that stood out for me that I have to tell you about.  The first is good news, the [...]

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Several of my user 1-1’s today highlighted another piece of research that continues to put the spotlight on a part of IT that remains complex.  Organizations from different industries reported how they continue to wrestle with spreadsheets.  It seems that despite the growing focus on MDM, EIM and EIA, a huge amount of data resides [...]

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Busy day – spoke on “Cracking the code for MDM” to a packed room; and helped with two workshops.  They Key note was really, really good this year. Gartner is taking a much more forward looking view of IT, and some of the themes presented were firmly oriented in the business use of IT (which [...]

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First up, “The rumours of the dollar’s death are much exaggerated” in the Financial Times, October 14th.  There is an ongoing dialog in financial circles about the dollar, its value, and if the US (Fed, government) is worried about its change in status as the world’s reserve currency. 
There are doomsday views that focus on how [...]

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Watch out – the hype meter is running high on this one.
It is not often that I disagree with Information Management, and I am not sure that I really am, but I have to diverge from the views in this article, Process Data Management: Like Your Brain And Your Heart, BPM and MDM Can’t Survive Independently.  [...]

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Though retail spend is holding up, and the stock market is running off into the distance, Panjiva’s analysis of inbound purchased products to the US, representing a measure of global trade, suggests that organic demand in the economy remains weak.  In fact the data suggests another slight fall: See September Data: Global Trade Declines.
Re-stocking at retail [...]

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I had the good fortune to attend an IBM SCM event recently (Chicago, IL).  IBM was sharing its updated SCM vision to the market, along with some interesting SCM survey data highlighting priorities facing SCM leaders. I will share more on this later – but there was an interesting case study by Wrigley. 
Wrigley’s Kristen Daihes, Senior [...]

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Well, it’s over!  I am on the plane on my way home.  Hope that everyone that came found some nuggets of information that can be useful back at the office, to get an MDM effort going, to put one back on track, or to execute more effectively.  Also hope that users found new contacts that [...]

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Great case study for MDM of Product Data by Electronic Arts – complex, well defined problem with a great explanation.  Product master data can certainly be complicated in global settings.
Governance round table was really cool; 14 end users, 2 or 3 very well steeped in experience re master data governance, shared experiences with the wider audience. [...]

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