by Angela Guess
CloudTweaks recently interviewed Chris Hale of Liaison Technologies regarding the concept of Cloud Master Data Management. Hale stated, “We’ve been providing master data management solutions for a long time, but we’re seeing a definite surge in customer interest with our cloud-based MDM services. Not to mention, we’re also hearing that an increasing number of senior IT executives are now requiring their departments to start seriously evaluating cloud/Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) options.”
“But, to be sure,” Hale continued, “it’s not just our own experience we’re relying on when we say cloud MDM is putting segments of master data management within the reach of many more organizations. Recent research by Aberdeen Group also points to cloud MDM as being a catalyst for more organizations—from mid-market companies to global enterprises—to adopt master data management practices. I should mention that the majority of these companies are not implementing a ‘Big Bang’ approach to MDM. Rather, the cloud model is offering them the agility, lower cost and faster time-to-value desired for smaller “proof of concept” projects—for example, those relating to data quality, data cleansing and parsing, and data harmonization—as a first step towards a larger MDM strategy.”
