The Master Plan for Province-wide Data Governance for the Western Cape Government of South Africa is a strategic response to the complexity in which Government operates within the area of …
Business Glossary or Glossary for Business?
Playing with Numbers As you will see from my signature at the end of this note (provided you have enough patience to finish it), I am a business analyst in …
MDM & Data Governance Market 2018-19: Facts vs. Beliefs
As the “godfather of the MDM market”, and a regular sanguine commentator on the market’s solutions providers, my analyst career has often had to “call out” the hypsters on numerous …
Rolling Out A Sustained Data Governance Culture
Did you know that more data has been created in the last two years than in the entire history of the human race and that over 60% of the human …
Automation – The Missing Link In Your Analytics & BI Environment
How does automation fit in the landscape of BI and Analytics environments of today? Which tasks – if any – can be automated and at what purpose? A short introduction …
Master Data: The Building Blocks of Business
Skyscrapers are built with huge concrete slabs and the most rigid girders around; granted, you can build an enormous office without much foundation and flimsy beams, but realistically, how long …
Fake News – a Data Perspective
The past year has witnessed a seismic shift in the global political landscape. Just a few short months ago, even the legendary seer Nostradamus would have had problems predicting that …
MDM Market 2017-18: Facts vs. Beliefs (with apologies to current political affairs fans!)
As the “godfather of the MDM market”, and a regular sanguine commentator on the market’s solutions, my analyst career has often had to “call out” the hypsters on numerous occasions. …
DAMA International’s Certified Data Management Professional Program
DAMA International is the global membership organisation for Data Management professionals and has been around as a central organisation for close on 30 years (first chapter opened in 1980). As …
Crossing the Data Delta
If you are a large enterprise about to invest in Big Data, BI, Data Governance or MDM, leverage best practice by having your key staff read this book. Of all …
Information – the Next Natural Resource
I’ve spent my career looking at how large quantities of complex information affects every part of our lives and this is the most exciting time to be doing that. Information …
5 Reasons Cloud MDM Will Save you Money, and 5 That Will Save Your Business
The benefits of cloud computing have been written up and proven in every way imaginable. You need only to look at the rapid growth and ascension of popular consumer sites …
Top 10 MDM Strategic Planning Assumptions
Because master data is required to provide competitive advantage, increase customer service levels & drive new product/service combinatorial market offerings, Master Data Management (MDM) must embrace Big Data analytics in …
The 8 Worst Practices in Master Data Management and How to Avoid Them [White Paper]
Today’s business world changes at a breathtaking pace — even agile enterprises must work hard to keep up. And just as rapidly, companies are uncovering new competitive advantages through the …
Is Your Data Driving You in the Wrong Direction?
A recent Forbes article cited a survey in which 74% of respondents indicated that a data-driven marketing strategy provided a competitive advantage in customer engagement or loyalty. While surveys can …
Buy (Don’t Build) Reference Data Management
As of 2015, Reference Data Management has clearly become a master data domain commensurate to CUSTOMER and PRODUCT master for many organisations. The impact of poor or non-existent reference data …
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