WHITE PAPER - This white paper by Dr. Walid el Abed, CEO of Global Data Excellence, discusses how an effective data strategy embedded within the business strategy can turn data into a real competitive advantage, deliver short and longer term value and enable business success and sustainability.
Posted: November 20, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Automation | Business Process Management | Business Processes | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Stewardship | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - Read this paper to learn how you can use IBM's InfoSphere software, and integrated platform for trusted information, to align business and IT, accelerate your projects for faster time to value, leverage your existing infrastructire, and adapt to the changing needs of your business.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Published: November 11, 2009


Topics:  Business IT Alignment | Business Processes | Data Integration | Data Management | Information Management | IT Infrastructure | IT Management | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - Effective and efficient management of master data within the manufacturing sector is a key factor in reducing TCO, providing accurate global spend analysis and improved reporting and decision making. Implementing SAP's Master Data Management solution into an organization enables the backbone of a complete data governance model to be established.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 4, 2009


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Management Software | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Database Management | Master Data Management | SAP (Product) | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Only when data is trusted can it be used in confidence in all insurance operational and analytical process activities. This paper examines the impact of unreliable data on insurance companies. It then defines the requirements needed to guarantee data reliability in insurance and offers a practical approach to creating and governing that data.
Posted: November 4, 2009 | Published: November 2, 2009


Topics:  Business Process Management | Business Process Outsourcing | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | ETL (Software) | Insurance Industry | Master Data Management | Risk Assessment | Risk Management

WHITE PAPER - An Information Agenda is an approach for transforming information into a trusted strategic asset that can be rapidly leveraged across applications, processes and decisions for sustained competitive advantage.
Posted: October 6, 2009 | Published: October 6, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Performance Management | Data Centers | Data Management | Data Warehouses | Enterprise Search Software | Information Management | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - In this paper we will discuss what an Information Strategy is, why it is important, and what it takes to build one. We will also consider IBM's Information Agenda, that company's approach to assisting in the development of an Information Strategy.
Posted: October 5, 2009 | Published: December 11, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Migration | Data Quality | Master Data Management | Risk Management | Software

WHITE PAPER - Critical master data management (MDM) functionality can be easily overlooked when request for proposals (RFPs) are narrowly focused on a single business data type. Ensure success by avoiding 10 costly mistakes when writing your RFP.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: September 1, 2007


Topics:  Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Data Classification | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Modeling | Data Quality | Data Storage | Master Data Management | Request for Proposals

WHITE PAPER - Smart decision-makers are seeking technology investments -- such as Master Data Management -- to help establish good governance models that will help with regulatory compliance and lower their operational risk.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: September 16, 2009


Topics:  CIOs | Compliance (Systems Operations) | Compliance Best Practices | Data Classification | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Data Visualization | Master Data Management | Regulations | Regulatory Compliance

WHITE PAPER - The initial goal of Customer Data Integration (CDI) was to create the most reliable customer data for the entire company. We now know that the golden opportunity for CDI lies within Master Data Management and the ability to uncover interactions and understand the relationships that companies have with their customers.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: September 16, 2009


Topics:  CRM | Customer Data Integration | Customer Data Management | Customer Interaction Services | Data Classification | Data Management | Data Mining | Data Quality | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - Over the past several years, most Master Data Management implementations have used a "reactive" style of data governance. Learn how "reactive" data governance falls short and why leading organizations are using a "proactive" approach -- includes case study and migration questionnaire.
Posted: September 16, 2009 | Published: September 16, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Governance | Data Integration | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Replication | Data Storage | Database Administration | Master Data Management

WHITE PAPER - This white paper reviews the state of the market for data integration for 2008 and 2009. It defines data integration, discusses the trends in the data integration market, and provides lessons learned from real implementations.
Posted: September 9, 2009 | Published: November 20, 2008


Topics:  Business Intelligence | Business Process Management | Data Integration | Master Data Management | SOA | SOA Governance

WHITE PAPER - Database growth, long-term data retention regulations and storage requirements increase operational costs. Yet, archiving complex relational data poses many challenges. Optim Data Growth Solution provides proven technology and comprehensive capabilities that make archiving complex relational data practical and desirable.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Published: December 1, 2008


Topics:  CIOs | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Storage | Database Administration | Database Architectures | Email Archiving | Information Management | Master Data Management | TCO

WHITE PAPER - The basic principles for managing an archiving project presented in this paper can help you initiate and plan an archiving strategy that meets your organization’s requirements.
Posted: September 4, 2009 | Published: February 1, 2008


Topics:  Application Life-Cycle Management | Applications Management | Backups | Enterprise Content Management | Enterprise Resource Management | Master Data Management | PeopleSoft (Product)

WHITE PAPER - The following paper outlines seven ways that data governance programs can help manage costs and presents a mechanism for quantifying the return on investment (ROI) for these contributions.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Best Practices | Cost Benefit Analysis | Data Governance | Data Management | Data Quality | Data Stewardship | Master Data Management | Project Management | ROI

WHITE PAPER - This paper discusses the role of data governance programs in supporting compliance efforts, and presents an ROI formula you can use in those circumstances where it's important to quantify the value of data governance efforts.
Posted: July 24, 2009 | Published: July 24, 2009


Topics:  Compliance Audits | Compliance Best Practices | Data Governance | Data Quality | Data Stewardship | HIPAA Compliance | Master Data Management | Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard Compliance | Regulatory Compliance | ROI | Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance