by Andrew White | May 10, 2013 | Submit a Comment
As you may know we are into the data gathering phase in support of our research into the market segments we call, MDM of Customer Data, and MDM of Product Data. We hope to publish around September this year. Please note – vendors – the deadline for submission of all material for this phase is [...]
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by Andrew White | April 16, 2013 | Comments Off
We sent out (actually my colleague Bill O’Kane did the work) emails yesterday to formally launch the research process that will lead to the publication of two Magic Quadrants later this year – MDM of Customer Data Solutions and MDM of Product Data Solutions. If you are a software vendor that operates in either domain, [...]
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by Andrew White | April 3, 2013 | 3 Comments
We will soon be sending out the infamous “initial vendor communication” email that officially kicks off our data gathering cycle in support of our Magic Quadrants for MDM. Watch out! You know who you are. Looking forward to hearing all the good news.
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by Andrew White | January 23, 2012 | Comments Off
I was a little frustrated last week when I was held at bay by an MDM related issue at work. We tag our inquiries, when appropriate and allowed, with the vendor’s that are the focus of the conversation. One specific vendor name is not maintained correctly in our very large, and erstwhile accurate customer master. [...]
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by Andrew White | October 6, 2010 | 3 Comments
Last weekend I refereed three youth soccer matches, and had a great time. I can no longer play soccer as much as I would like (broken ankle from playing men’s indoor soccer about 10 years ago) but I can referee youth soccer which is as close to playing as you can get – literally. But [...]
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by Andrew White | February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
Seems the rumors from last week were well founded. IBM released the following press release: Strengthens IBM’s Ability to Help Healthcare and Government Sectors Use Information to Improve Public Health and Services. So another MDM vendors get’s acquired. There are only a few smaller MDM of Customer and MDM of Product data, and generalists, left. [...]
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by Andrew White | January 28, 2010 | 3 Comments
Informatica announces today its acquisition of best of breed MDM vendor Siperian. Siperian primarily (historically) focused on MDM of party data (such as patient, customer etc), but more recently started to sell into other master data domains. The move is a great sign for the MDM market – it shows the growth we saw through [...]
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by Andrew White | August 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Many users recognize that information in their business is an under leveraged asset. MDM, as we know, has provided a laser light focus on how users create and manage what had previously been mismanaged. MDM only focuses on master data (you wouldn’t use a hammer to screw in a nail), but for many firms, and specific [...]
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by Andrew White | July 10, 2009 | Comments Off
I just published an updated Magic Quadrant (for 2009) for Master Data Management of Product Data. The update is quite interesting. Despite the name we don’t really cast any spells and call on the gods to create the ratings; there is a lot more science in the analysis behind the scenes. And the analysis this [...]
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by Andrew White | June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment
You go on the road and while you are away, great notes get published! John Radcliffe, my primary MDM partner, just published his annual update to the Gartner Magic Quadrant for MDM of Customer Data. As you may know, Magic Quadrants highlight the main vendors in a market and rate then against a number of [...]
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