Click to learn more about video blogger Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so […]
A Clear Data Management Strategy is Paramount for Oil and Gas Companies
Click to learn more about author Steve Cooper. The oil and gas industry joined food service, retail, and other sectors in facing unprecedented challenges over the past few months, but even beyond the impact generated by the almost overnight destruction of energy demand by the COVID-19 pandemic, oil and gas and energy companies also had […]
How to Connect Data Management to the Essence of Your Business
Click to learn more about author Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so much […]
Garbage In, Garbage Out: How We Got Here and Why We Must Get Out Now
Click to learn more about author Bill O’Kane. Organizations across industries continue to deal with a broad-based inability to commoditize siloed business processes in favor of a digital business transformation — one that requires a common understanding of the organization’s master data. Studies have found that many businesses have recently become much more cognizant of this, or […]
Three Bad Data Ideas to Avoid
Click to learn more about video blogger Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so […]
Truth Before Meaning with Data and Analytics
Click to learn more about author Scott Taylor. There is data and there is analytics. They work together. They need each other. These two things are linked, but it helps to think of them separately. From my perspective data is about determining the truth. Analytics is about deriving meaning. I would suggest that most data experts already […]
Rethinking Master Data Management
Click to learn more about author Jeff Kinard. Master Data Management (MDM) is seen as a necessary evil by many organizations. However, most haven’t found an effective method or service to handle it. In the case of asset-heavy industries, the strategies currently deployed are archaic, magnifying the problems. Many organizations overlook and underestimate MDM, and […]
Fighting for the Poetry in the Data Space
Click to learn more about video blogger Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in data, Data Quality, and so […]
Justify MDM Investments with an Alternative Approach
How far can Data Quality fall before real pain sets in? Not far. Addressing that issue requires validating, matching, and merging existing data so that you can drive out duplicates and enrich the data with new data as it becomes available. In other words, it requires Master Data Management (MDM), which helps companies share data […]
Getting Ahead of Data Matching: Building the Right Strategies for Today and Tomorrow
Click to learn more about author Harald Smith. Every organization understands the importance of matching and connecting the same entities together (and the role of data quality capabilities to do so), but too often they take a limited view toward it, building data matching processes to address the situation in the moment but not taking […]