Andrew White

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Master Data Management – Have We Left the Station yet?

by Andrew White  |  September 15, 2011  |  2 Comments

I just spent a day with an end user organization trying to get its information governance program launched using Master Data Management as the vehicle.  Despite the opportunity, despite the conditions that seem favorable for MDM, and despite the multi-stakeholder willingness to participate, getting MDM off the ground is hard work.  And like with most [...]

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Kalido bundles its MDM and governance solutions

by Andrew White  |  June 28, 2011  |  5 Comments

I don’t blog about vendors often.  Firstly it is a big risk since I can’t really talk about a position that is in contrast to Gartner’s stated position.  Second, there is little point reiterating a previously stated position, since there is not much value in repetition.  So it’s best not to worry about vendors at [...]

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When MDM isn’t MDM? In Finance of course, well sometimes…

by Andrew White  |  March 1, 2010  |  Comments Off

I took a tricky little inquiry today from a large industrial organization – one that is representative of many similar questions from many different users.  Operational MDM denotes the emphasis of (MDM) process integrity as well as (master) data quality, “up stream” in the core business applications used by business users.  Traditionally “Finance MDM” or [...]

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