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April 27, 2017
If your data is a mess, what are you waiting for? Like many other companies, maybe yours has been ignoring a lot of the things that […]
August 4, 2011
More and more companies are recognizing that they’re accumulating ever-increasing amounts of data but not necessarily gaining business insights from it. The missing link is the […]
July 27, 2011
It’s time to stop getting bossed around by technology. IT groups too often create their list of projects and priorities based on a logical and mainly […]
July 13, 2011
Establishing and operating an Integration Competency Center (ICC) is clearly an effective approach to breaking down the business, budgetary and political silos within many enterprises. These […]
June 29, 2011
When I teach data integration concepts in my classes at various corporations or to my students at Northeastern University, one of the topics I address is […]
June 22, 2011
As we discussed in the last post, the four organizational models most often used to implement ICCs are: best practices, technology standards, shared services and centralized […]
June 15, 2011
You have the sponsorship and budget, now how do you set up your Integration Competency Center (ICC)? There are several approaches to organizing the role and […]
June 8, 2011
Some of my recent posts have discussed how people, politics and projects have established integration silos throughout an enterprise that are costly, inefficient and inhibit the […]
June 1, 2011
In the last several posts we discussed how critical data governance programs are to the success of EDW, MDM, CDI and really any enterprise-wide integration initiatives. […]
May 18, 2011
In the last several posts we discussed how people, policies and products are essential to successful Master Data Management (MDM) and Customer Data Integration (CDI) programs. […]
May 11, 2011
last week’s post Master Data Management (MDM) – Going Where the EDW has Gone Before, I discussed the idea that Enterprise Data Warehouses (EDW) have long […]
May 4, 2011
There is a lot of industry buzz on Master Data Management (MDM). It would appear from this chatter that MDM is a new thing. But if […]
April 27, 2011
There is a lot of buzz in the industry about the emerging class of customer data integration software that businesses are using to gain a single […]
April 20, 2011
How profitable are your customers? What have they purchased lately? Are there opportunities to up-sell and cross-sell to them? You and everyone else in your organization […]
April 13, 2011
The word “pedigree” brings up visions of race horses and show dogs. But it should also make you think about your data. Your data has a […]
April 6, 2011
I teach a graduate course on data warehousing at Northeastern University in Boston. Unlike the people I teach at clients’ sites or at conferences such as […]
March 30, 2011
I recently experienced a data-quality problem first-hand while on the phone with the company that books my family a condo for our annual ski vacation. They […]
March 23, 2011
The initial phase of a project should be an assessment. A classic systems integrators’ project methodology will include this phase and a sign-off on its competition […]
March 16, 2011
I recently went on a skiing trip with my family. A trip like this isn’t cheap, but the ROI for us is high: awesome skiing conditions, […]
March 9, 2011
Both of my sons loved Star Wars when they were small. If they weren’t watching the movies, they were reading the books, building the Lego sets […]
March 2, 2011
When we discuss Enterprise Data Management (EDM) we’re almost always talking about how it applies to finance. It’s no wonder. Finance is where EDM has made […]
February 23, 2011
Do you know where your financial data was last night? Sure, you know the operational and financial systems that it was in, but who else played […]
February 17, 2011
Consistent, correct data. That doesn’t sound too complicated, does it? But actually, one of the most daunting challenges facing CFOs and their staffs today is […]
October 8, 2010
Tuesday, Oct. 12 @ 4 ET I'll be speaking on The Briefing Room about the value of a unified platform for data management. I'll be discussing: […]
December 1, 2008
It’s funny that Forrester’s Boris Evelson recently received a slew of comments from data warehousing and business intelligence pros wondering why they hadn’t included an evaluation […]
November 25, 2008
People have been using the term “business intelligence 2.0” for a few years, but it’s described in different ways. In Business Intelligence 2.0: Simpler, More Accessible, […]
October 7, 2008
Maintaining product lists is often cited as a great example of Master Data Management (MDM). Many companies that manufacture or sell products need to get a […]
September 30, 2008
Healthcare is one of the last industries where you hear the term MDM (Master Data Management) mentioned. Most IT industry analysts, software firms and consulting organizations […]
September 25, 2008
There is a lot of worry on Wall Street and Main Street these days. Are we in a mild or severe recession? Is it the next […]
August 21, 2008
The “single version of the truth.” How many times have you seen that catchphrase in presentations by industry analysts, vendors, consultants or even your own IT […]
February 27, 2008
Tom Davenport has a great post “IT’s Wonderful Life” in his interesting “The Next Big Thing” blog. With the backdrop of the holiday season and the […]
February 13, 2008
There are two things I hate in discussions about real-time business intelligence. First, pundits cite great examples of the business need for real-time BI, but then […]
January 29, 2008
Ben Worthen in his Wall Street Journal “Business Technology” blog “The Death of Gut Instinct” discusses how: “For the third year in a row, CIOs (surveyed […]
January 28, 2008
Many companies are building Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiatives apart from data integration projects. Since information is one of the key ingredients to creating business value […]
January 21, 2008
Rob Karel, Forrester Research, Inc. (FORR), wrote an interesting year-end review of his 2007 Master Data Management (MDM) forecasts in the Forrester Information Management blog on […]