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Cloud-based MDM is here – apparently.

by Andrew White  |  June 27, 2011  |  5 Comments

Today Orchestra Networks announced the availability of their cloud-based MDM service offering, at http://smartdatagovernance.com/ The press suggested this was the worlds’ first cloud-based MDM offering.   I don’t want to explore the specifics related to this one vendor, but since cloud computing is very highly hyped right now, we do get a number of inquiries from [...]

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How to determine ROI or return with MDM of the price is zero?

by Andrew White  |  February 2, 2010  |  3 Comments

Yves de Montcheuil of Talend, an OSS vendor that just released an OSS MDM offering, commented on a post of mine, defending (quite rightly) his organizations view of their OSS MDM solution.  One comment he made in his post made me think.  The comment I thought about was “cost”.  MDM accrues a cost to an [...]

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Why did Informatica purchase Siperian, rather than use Talend’s OSS MDM?

by Andrew White  |  February 1, 2010  |  4 Comments

A user asked me this question the other day and I thought it was worth posting.  Of course, there are probably a few good reasons.  The chief of which might have been that Informatica was not aware of the availability of the Open Source Software based MDM application from Talend.  But there are other conditions [...]

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Talend announces open source MDM solution – so now what?

by Andrew White  |  January 25, 2010  |  2 Comments

Talend, a vendor focused on providing open source data integration, announced in a press release today, “Introduces Rapid, Flexible, Open Source Master Data Management Solution.”  The press release includes the enticing phrase, ‘With the launch, Talend is democratizing the MDM market”.  Sounds too good to be true.  And if it does, it very probably is.  [...]

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