by Andrew White | December 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
I read with interest in today’s US print edition of the Financial Times an article highlighting the wavering economists views for 2011. Numerous signs of a pending inflationary push are building. Commodities of many types are going up in prices. Different parts of the economy are set to see price increases pushed through, which will [...]
Category: MDM Procurement Risk Management Tags: BI, MDM, Risk Management, SCM
by Andrew White | December 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
Do you have what it takes? Just joking! Seriously, we just opened up the website where you can submit your MDM program/case study for inclusion in our annual MDM Excellence Award. This is a great platform for you to share your key learning’s, war stories, and best practices/tips and tricks with your peers, and to [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Excellence Award, Gartner, MDM Summit
by Andrew White | December 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
Are you attending our new MDM Summit in London, UK, in February? We hosted the world’s first dedicated MDM event in the US some time ago, but we just launched a new MDM summit in EMEA. Here is the link: http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/emea/data-management/index.jsp Interest in MDM is very high; the term is in the top 20 search [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: MDM Summit
by Andrew White | December 16, 2010 | Comments Off
I am just wrapping up a note on “Do Organizations with ERP “need” MDM?” We take many inquiries from users with large packaged application suites (some called ERP) and many such users are struggling with the MDM question. Interestingly, thought the question is simple, it turns out the answer is not as simple. It turns [...]
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by Andrew White | December 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
It is always cool to see your own company in the newspaper. Well, not always – I suppose it depends on the reason. I get a real kick when I see Gartner coverage in the FT – my favorite printed newspaper. This last week saw yet another focus on “The Connected Enterprise” which resulted in [...]
Category: Economy Pattern-Based Strategy Tags: Economics, Patter-Based Strategy
by Andrew White | December 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
With recent publications out the way (MDM Hype Cycle, MDM Predicts for 2011), our minds are now firmly focused on the 2011 Agenda. Plans are pretty much wrapped up. Lots of new and extended connections with other research areas are now in place. We have so much to publish on MDM though. We are behind [...]
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by Andrew White | December 2, 2010 | 2 Comments
I note the increase in attention that MDM is getting in the press. Seems like almost every day I get a PR piece from a website, marketing program or vendor that extols their own experiences of services related to MDM. Hype seems to be on the uptick. Today I spotted the following article: How to [...]
Category: MDM Reference Data Reference Data Management (RDM) Tags: MDM, Reference Data, Reference Data Management
