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		In the first article in today's newsletter, Integrating Business Intelligence into the Collaborative Workgroup Environment, Colin White discusses the ramifications of the growing trend toward collaborative workgroup computing.
		The second article, Uniqueness, Identity, Nonidentifiability and Governance, by David Loshin, discusses the subtle issues associated with any master reference set, especially when used to represent real people. Please continue to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information regarding business intelligence, performance management, information quality and data warehousing.

New Articles

Integrating Business Intelligence into the Collaborative Workgroup Environment
by Colin White
It is becoming essential that business intelligence solutions be integrated into the collaborative workgroup environment.

Uniqueness, Identity, Nonidentifiability and Governance
by David Loshin
An organization’s policies must be fully integrated and deployed as part of the master data management program, not just as an add-on.

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