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Master Data Management: Creating a Single View of the Business
by Claudia Imhoff, Colin White
Published: September 19, 2006
This report on master data management (MDM) clarifies the disparate definitions, architectures and technologies and sets forth a concise, easily understood architecture for MDM.
"The whole is more than the sum of the parts."
Aristotle
This statement by Aristotle sums up the philosophy behind master data management or MDM quite nicely. MDM is about studying, cataloging, and accessing critical sets of data in your enterprise. That
is, it means understanding everything you possibly can about your customers, products, locations, and other major subject areas. In this research paper, MDM is... Login to read the entire study.
About the Authors
Claudia Imhoff -
Claudia Imhoff, Ph.D., is the President and Founder of Intelligent Solutions, a leading consultancy on data warehousing and business intelligence
technologies and strategies. She is a popular speaker and internationally recognized expert, and serves as an advisor to many corporations, universities and leading technology companies on these
topics. She has co-authored five books and more than 100 articles on these topics and has a popular blog at www.b-eye-network.com/blogs/imhoff/. She may be reached at CImhoff@IntelSols.com.
Editor's note: More Claudia Imhoff articles, resources, news and events are available in the BeyeNETWORK's Claudia Imhoff Expert
Channel. Be sure to visit today!
Colin White -
Colin is the founder and president of BI Research. He is well known for his in-depth knowledge of business intelligence, data management and data
integration technologies and how they can be used for supporting smart and agile decision making. With 40 years of IT experience, he has consulted for dozens of companies throughout the world and
is a frequent speaker at leading IT events. Colin has written numerous articles and papers on deploying new and evolving information technologies for business benefit and is a regular contributor
to several leading print- and web-based industry journals, including the BeyeNETWORK. Colin may be contacted by sending an email to
info@bi-research.com .
Editor's note: More articles, resources, news and events are available in Colin's BeyeNETWORK Expert Channel. Be sure to visit
today!
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