Five Key Factors in Architecting a Master Data Solution
By Prashanta Chandramohan
Over the last few years, Master Data has been recognized as one of the most important types of business information to be managed. Organizations are heading in the right direction by implementing Master Data Management (MDM) systems to take control of critical data like customers, products, employees, suppliers, materials, locations, etc. Read more
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Oracle Health Sciences Innovation Forum
Today, I attended the Oracle Health Sciences Innovation Forum in Parsippany, NJ. Read more
Secrets of Successful Data Governance
Some thoughts on building a successful data governance organization Read more 
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Business Priorities Point the Way for MDM, by Julie Hunt
A new article by our new editor, Julie Hunt, a software industry strategist and analyst. Read more
Collibra for Data Governance, by William McKnight
Collibra recently briefed the Hub Designs MDM Think Tank. Read more
Seven Steps to Data Quality, by Kuppusamy Bhaskar
A great article on data quality by our friend Kuppusamy Bhaskar
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management
The Hub Designs MDM Think Tank is briefed by IBM’s MDM team. Read more
Olmstead Associates and Hub Designs Partner to Provide Information Management Services to the Financial Industry
A press release announcing the partnership between Olmstead Associates and Hub Designs to serve the financial services industry Read more
Looking for Oracle TCA Business Analyst / Developer
Hub Designs is looking for an exceptional Oracle TCA Business Analyst / Developer Read more
Finding ROI – Tales from the Field
A “tale from the field” on finding return on investment and building your MDM business case. Read more
Wrestling with Getting Executive Buy-In
Getting executive buy-in for your initiative is critical – here are some ideas on how to do it. Read more
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A New Editor for Hub Designs Magazine
Big news for Hub Designs Magazine readers – we have a new editor! Read more
Loqate: Accuracy and Intelligence from Address Data
The Hub Designs MDM Think Tank recently received a briefing from Martin Turvey, CEO of Loqate.
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Liaison Briefs the Hub Designs MDM Think Tank
Jonathan Razza, who is a Director of Data Management Solutions at Liaison Technologies, sat down with the Hub Designs Think Tank in mid-October for an analyst briefing on Liaison’s Cloud MDM Services. Read more
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Data Governance Roundtable
Late breaking news: Dan Power from Hub Designs will be appearing in a “Data Governance Roundtable” tomorrow (Thursday, December 1st at 11:00 am EST / 10:00 am CST / 8:00 am PST). Read more
MDM’s Blind Spot: Social Networks by Peter Perera
The convergence of Master Data Management (MDM) and social networking is inevitable. Read more
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Final Deadline for the MDM Track at COLLABORATE 2012
The final deadline for the COLLABORATE 2012 conference Call for Papers is TODAY - Monday, October 17.
Where Data Governance Stops and Master Data Management Starts
I have to admit, the title is a slight misnomer. Data Governance (DG) never actually stops, but the lines of responsibility vary greatly based on the flavor and depth of Governance in an organization. From the other direction, MDM itself is an exercise in data governance, so can we extrapolate that MDM is really just DG? Read more
MDM: Why Good Business Practice Insight is Hard to Find
Another article that’s right on the money by Mark Allen, the co-author of Master Data Management in Practice – Achieving True Customer MDM. Read more
Connecting Data Governance to Business Outcomes That Matter
Here’s another great and timely article by Julie Hunt, a software industry strategist and analyst. Read more
The MDM Track at COLLABORATE 2012
The deadline for the Call for Papers for the 2012 COLLABORATE conference is coming up fast – Friday, October 14.
Getting Data Governance Up and Running
This is the latest article in an ongoing series on Data Governance sponsored by SAP. Read more
Hub Designs Celebrates Fourth Anniversary
Four years ago today, Hub Solution Designs, Inc. was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as “a management consulting firm which helps companies to improve performance through strategy development, application of best practices, change management, technology implementation and other operational improvements”. That’s what it says in our Articles of Incorporation, and it’s not too different from what we’re doing today, four years later. Read more
Call for Papers for MDM Track at COLLABORATE 2012
by Dan Power
I’m still a volunteer on the Education Committee of the Oracle Application Users Group, which is a robust users group that is completely independent of Oracle Corporation. I’ve been involved in the group as a whole for over 15 years now, and have been on the Education Committee for more than five years. Read more
Gaming Master Data Management, by Peter Perera
Want to improve the quality of business data while increasing enterprise system adoption? Turn MDM into a game. Read more
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The System of Record in MDM, by Dalton Cervo
Today’s guest article is by Dalton Cervo, the co-author of a great new book titled Master Data Management in Practice – Achieving True Customer MDM. Read more
Information, Intelligence and Process by Julie Hunt
Here’s a great article by Julie Hunt, an accomplished software industry analyst. When we first ran it, we broke it up into four installments. We’re running it again as one continuous article (which is how Julie intended it to be read). Read more
Golden Relations and Platinum Relations, by Henrik Liliendahl Sørensen
“Golden copy” is a term widely used in master data management (MDM), as we often see the master data hub as a golden copy of the data in the company’s operational databases. Read more
Getting Started with Data Governance, Part 2
This is the third article in an ongoing series on Data Governance sponsored by SAP. Here are Part One and Part Two of the series. Read more
Getting Started with Data Governance, Part 1
This is the second article in an ongoing series on Data Governance sponsored by SAP. You can find the first article in the series here. Read more
Why Govern Master Data?
While I’m on vacation for the next two weeks, Hub Designs Magazine will be republishing some of our most popular articles and series. This article, from an ongoing series on Data Governance sponsored by SAP, was first published on March 20th.
The most important thing about data governance is to “start from where you are”. Most companies are just getting started on their data governance journey. It can be hard to admit that your company is at data governance maturity level 0 or 1. But the most critical step is the first one – getting started. Read more
Data Management: Reaching into the Cloud, by Julie Hunt
In a new form of “shadow IT”, Line-of-Business (LOB) groups have been turning to cloud-based services to quickly set up technology solutions that support their business needs and objectives. Read more
Oracle Customer MDM Webinar on August 17th
Once again, Hub Designs is joining with Oracle in a webinar, this time on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:00 am Pacific (2:00 pm Eastern). Read more
