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Top 5 Data & AI Trends in 2025
Top 5 Data & AI Trends in 2025 include a domain-centric focus, multi-agent customer-centric AI, and a different tact for data modernization.
The Current State of MDM – Part 4 – How Integrated, and Integral, is MDM?
Modern MDM solutions have impressive Data Quality functionality. But do they have impressive data quality? Maybe it’s time for their relationship to evolve.
The Current State of MDM – Part 3 – MDM & Data Quality Have Had a Long Relationship. Is it Time to Renew Their Vows?
Modern MDM solutions have impressive Data Quality functionality. But do they have impressive data quality? Maybe it’s time for their relationship to evolve.
The Current State of MDM – Part 2 – The Curious Relationship Between MDM and Data Governance
Twenty plus years after the emergence of MDM and data governance, their relationship remains unfulfilled. Both have reached a stage of maturity. So why aren’t there more proof points of them working together?
The Current State of MDM – Part 1 – Operational MDM Projects in No-man’s Land
Operational MDM projects that are caught in no-man’s land. In this sort of project, MDM ingests data from operational systems like CRM and ERP, match data records, and provide master data back to operational systems and processes.
The Cloud Data Warehouse Paradox – Reducing Costs While Encouraging Data Sharing
You’ve implemented a cloud data warehouse. Good. Employees are adding data and sharing it. Great. Your cloud DW vendor sends you a monthly bill …
Morgan Stanley Exposes Customer Data
Morgan Stanley has been fined $6.5 million by the states of Florida, Connecticut, Indiana, New Jersey, New York and Vermont, as reported by SecurityWeek.
Best Practices to Migrate to a Cloud MDM Solution – Step 4 – Review
Great news! You’ve implemented and migrated to your cloud MDM! But you’re not done yet. In this blog series on MDM Cloud Migration, we have explored 3 steps – planning, expertise, and execution.
Best Practices to Migrate to a Cloud MDM Solution – Step 3 – Execution
In this blog series, we’ve explored Step 1 – Planning and Step 2 – Expertise. Now it’s time to talk about execution. Let’s put that plan and expertise to work.
Best Practices to Migrate to a Cloud MDM Solution – Step 2 – Expertise
Step 1 for cloud MDM migration was building a detailed plan. Part of that plan is a self-assessment to determine if you have sufficient in-house expertise. If you don’t, then the plan itself is incomplete. Step 2 is all about acquiring and applying that expertise.
