The administration of the non-transactional data in an organization, such as customers, vendors, employees and products. Such data is contained in "master files," although the term master file has ...

With an average cost of $1 million, MDM deployments used to be relegated to only the largest companies in the world. But now new companies are now stepping into the market with creative products and ...

An MDM program offers a competitive advantage by creating a two-way data clearinghouse with automation and tools to manage data that all your systems can access Until now, as a developer, you’ve been ...

While the concept of the “360-degree view of the customer” has been around for years now, it still tends to be ill-defined in most enterprises, even for those actively pursuing and investing in these ...

Companies rely on their data to answer difficult questions about any and all of their essential business entities for analytics purposes. But it’s a hit-or-miss game when businesses lack an accurate ...

SOA has a critical role to play in the development of Master Data Management, or MDM. At Pfizer, SOA decoupled data from applications I hadn't heard much to date on how these two enterprise-changing ...

A collection of records pertaining to one of the main subjects of an information system, such as customers, employees, products and vendors. Master files contain descriptive data, such as name and ...

Confusion surrounds the topic of how to bring some sense of order to Big Data. Depending on the day, the discussion might come down to data quality, data governance or master data management. Here’s a ...

The media giant’s data chief explains how his team is overcoming the challenges of a complex technology and business environment to deliver insight-led services to customers. Technology leaders who ...

In today’s interconnected and competitive business environment, organizations with a global footprint—particularly in industries like consumer packaged goods (CPG), manufacturing, and logistics—must ...