Business and Data Integration

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		Data Integration has become an extremely hot topic, however, the number of acronyms seem to be increasing everyday which is creating a lot of confusion. My article, Understanding Master Data Management and Customer Data Integration, is an attempt to remove this confusion and focus on the creation of a cohesive data integration environment for the entire enterprise.
		My article, Data Quality and Enhancement: Similarity, Self-Selection and Locality, identifies several ways that data can be enhanced to provide value for business intelligence.

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New Articles

Understanding Master Data Management and Customer Data Integration
by Colin White
Companies are starting to look at data integration from an enterprise perspective, rather than just from a data warehousing viewpoint.

Data Quality and Enhancement: Similarity, Self-Selection and Locality
by David Loshin
There are several ways we can enhance data to improve its data quality and value to support our business intelligence conclusions.

Featured Web Seminar

Creating a Single View of the Enterprise with Master Data Management
Companies worldwide are turning to master data management as a way to resolve conflicting views of corporate information, a problem caused by multiple enterprise applications, databases or data warehouses. Join David Loshin, president of Knowledge Integrity, to learn how companies can better integrate data by understanding and resolving data discrepancies.
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Web Events

Strategic Implementation and Understanding of Data Warehousing Appliances
September 13th, 2005 2:00 pm EST
In this educational webinar, William McKnight of Conversion Services International cuts through the industry buzz and discusses the facts about data warehouse appliances. Join us on September 13th to talk about DW appliances from their foundation, current trends, and the future. What is a DW appliance, and how do they fit in with best practices for data warehousing and BI? You will learn how an appliance solution may lower cost of ownership and optimize performance by simplifying infrastructure.
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The Bottom Line on Data Integration: What Your CEO Needs to Know
September 15th, 2005 at 11:00 am EST
All companies have data in different sources. The spread of information into different enterprise applications or databases has led to a fractured view of customers, products and suppliers. To address the problem, you need to help executives understand the impact that bad data can have on your business. Join Larry English and DataFlux for a free Web seminar to learn how to get corporate "championship" – not just buy-in – for your data integration initiatives, helping create a culture where data quality and data integration are core business goals.
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