Dr Dave Waddington on IT-Analysis.com

The Link Between Data Warehousing and MDM

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:00:00 +0100

At The Information Difference we were interested in exploring the linkage between master data and data warehouses and to understand the scale, scope and success rates of MDM and data warehousing initiatives in business. [Read More...]

Master Data Management Projects in Practice

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:00:00 +0100

There is little concrete information available regarding the use of systems integrators by end-user organizations for implementing master data management programs in business. [Read More...]

The State of Data Quality Today

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:00:00 +0100

The topic of business data quality has been with us for decades. Given the large number of vendors offerings dedicated to resolving data quality (DQ) issues, one might be forgiven for believing that the problems have all but been resolved. [Read More...]

Styles and architectures for Master Data Management

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:00:00 +0100

Master data management (MDM) has emerged as a key area of information management in the last few years. There is however still a significant divide about the style of implementation. [Read More...]

Impact of the financial crisis on MDM and DQ initiatives

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100

The objective of the survey was to explore the views of businesses on the impact of the financial crisis and credit crunch on their current and future plans for implementation of MDM and DQ. [Read More...]

Adoption of Data Governance by Business?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0100

The Information Difference conducted a survey in August-September 2008 into the take-up, adoption and present level of maturity of data governance in business. [Read More...]

BI - The Next Generation?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Ex-Business Objects employees Mark Sands and Mark Hudson founded Antivia in 2007 with offices in Australia and the United Kingdom. Their mission; to utilize the power of Web 2.0 technologies to deliver content and capability to a business. [Read More...]

New Vision for BI

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Tableau Software announced last week the coming availability of a new release of their visual analysis suite Tableau 4.0 at their first customer conference in Seattle. [Read More...]

A New Kid on the Block

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Data Integration is expensive but does it need to be? [Read More...]

A Marriage Made in Heaven?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

QlikTech and Kalido have just announced a formal partnership agreement to deliver a fully integrated information management and business intelligence solution. [Read More...]

Growing Adoption of Master Data Management by Business?

rss@it-analysis.com (Dr Dave Waddington, The Information Difference) — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Master Data is data that is shared between computer systems, such as customer, product, asset, location or contract. The management of this data is known as master data management (MDM). [Read More...]