DataFlux

As we continue our quick, inexorable progression toward the end, or at least toward the end of 2006, it strikes me how the realization of the importance of data quality is following a similar progression. - Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry, but I’m back on my SOA soapbox. Why? Because the promise of SOA is exciting and it’s simply changing how we do things.

But let’s not get carried away. - Read the rest of this entry »

So you have a small data quality initiative in your organization that has been successful. So, reasonably, you want to broaden this initiative throughout the company. After all, the most effective data quality initiatives are organization-wide. But how do you go about it? Unless you are already the CEO of your organization, it’s not always easy to get the support you need to expand the initiative. - Read the rest of this entry »

I don’t want to harangue you. After all, you get enough of that from your boss/sister-in-law/therapist/pet-sitter. But I said it during the heyday of CRM, I’ve written about it here and elsewhere, I’ve nagged clients about it, and now it’s your turn: You need to measure your successes. - Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, I wrote about the international marketplace and the challenges that organizations face in terms of data quality (and of choosing an appropriate international data quality solution). Today, I’d like to expand on this in a couple of ways. - Read the rest of this entry »

Certainly, if all a company does is accumulate and store data, there is some cost associated with the ongoing management of that data – the cost of storage, maintenance, office space, support staff, etc. This should show up on the balance sheet as a liability. While it’s unlikely that any corporation lists its data as a line item as either an asset or a liability on its balance sheet, there is no doubt that, due to a significant dependence on data to both run and improve the business, senior managers at most organizations certainly rely on their data as much as any other asset. - Read the rest of this entry »

During our recent crop of MDM and CDI projects, we’ve seen firsthand how company cultures support change — or how they don’t. Institutionalizing master data management means introducing new processes, new policies, and new technology solutions. It mandates business involvement. It changes people’s paradigms, and maybe their jobs. Heck, most times an organization’s very vocabulary has to change. - Read the rest of this entry »

What is the motivation for instituting a data governance program? In reality, the objective would be predicated on the need to assess and manage the risks associated with overseeing and managing your organization’s information portfolio. But is this always driven by the all-encompassing obsession with Sarbanes-Oxley? - Read the rest of this entry »

Not too long ago, the idea of a global economy was perhaps pie in the sky, or at least something reserved for special companies such as the big conglomerates that had special connections with foreign governments.

A lot has changed in recent years, and now the global economy is something that practically every company can participate in. Certainly, any company that does business over the Internet can expect to transact some business internationally. - Read the rest of this entry »