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 | 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 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
by Andrew White | October 29, 2010 | 2 Comments
I had a pleasurable experience while at IBM’s IOD conference last week. Whenever I see a book store at a vendor conference, I generally take time to browse through what’s on offer – just to get a feel for what the vendor is exposing to the attendees. There were lots of books on DB/2 and [...]
Category: Governance IBM Master Data Lifecycle MDM Tags: Data Governance, IBM, MDM
by Andrew White | October 26, 2010 | Comments Off
Steve Mills kicked off day 2 with his usual gusto with an InfoSphere Keynote. Steve is always passionate about this turn and he lived up to expectations. He nicely highlighted insights from IBM’s recent CEO survey. The number one condition CEO’s are concerned with is “increasing complexity” in their business and environment, and the primary [...]
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Category: Big Data Governance MDM Tags: Big Data, Governance, IBM IOD, MDM
by Andrew White | October 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
At IBM’s IOD event – another busy week on the road. Last week was our annual Symposium event. More on that later. IBM IOD is always a fun event. Over 10,000 folks are in Las Vegas (according to IBM) – including DBA’s, enterprise architects, master data managers, BI managers and so on. The key-notes are [...]
Category: Governance IBM Tags: Governance, IBM IOD, MDM
by Andrew White | October 11, 2010 | Comments Off
I heard a deceptively powerful comment from a user yesterday: “People do, because they always have done”. The context: I spent the day with an end user organization that was trying to determine their MDM strategy – that is to say, trying to plan out how they should go about putting together their MDM program. [...]
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Category: BPM MDM Tags: BPM, BPMS, Business Process Management, MDM
by Andrew White | August 23, 2010 | Comments Off
Following on from my previous blog, I saw an article this morning that aligned nicely with it. Joe McKendrick posted, “Master Data Isn’t Available at the Turn of a Switch” on Information Management, and the title drew me to it. Too many users assume that “implementing ERP” provides for “single version of the truth”. The [...]
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Category: ERP MDM Tags: ERP, Master Data, MDM
by Andrew White | August 23, 2010 | 1 Comment
I have started up my travels for the fall season already! IT seems that summer is almost over; the kids are back at school and the average temperatures are home are dropping. I have been walking my dog at 6am in 90 degrees (the cool part of the day) but the last couple of mornings [...]
Category: Application Architecture Applications ERP MDM Tags: Application Specific Data, ERP, MDM
by Andrew White | July 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
Sorry folks – been way too busy to post anything for a while. Trying to wrap-up the MDM Hype Cycle and an MDM Magic Quadrant at the same time, while supporting increases in MDM inquiries, sales calls, and travel. I can see a more “normal” time coming up end August….here’s to hoping, anyway. Here’s a blog [...]
Category: Business Applications ERP Master Data MDM Tags: Business Applications, Governance, Master Data, MDM
