Find Success in MDM Using These Steps

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Integrating the Enterprise June 07, 2012 Six Steps to MDM Success More organizations are pursuing MDM (master data management). Forrester Research says its client inquiries about MDM have increased 90 percent in the past two years, and by early December of 2010, Gartner had estimated that worldwide MDM software revenue would reach $1.5 billion by year end, a 14 percent increase from 2009. That's a lot of cash and yet Gartner predicts 66 percent of organizations will find it difficult to demonstrate the business value of MDM. Could it be that many organizations need MDM but haven't prepared for it? Read more > Here's the Ticket to Ease into Cloud Interested in a smooth transition into the world of cloud computing? Check out this feature-packed enterprise application platform virtual event. Register Now > Blogs Loraine Lawson Integration Research Shows How IT Can Reduce Data Integration Costs, Time Arthur Cole Infrastructure ARMs: New Processing for the New Enterprise Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career Health Informatics a Fast-Growing Field The Bottom-Line Impact of BI   Learn the key criteria and considerations you need to be aware of when evaluating your organization's business intelligence (BI) and analytics strategy. Download now > What CIOs Should Know About Data Tools and Vendor Hype IT Business Edge's Loraine Lawson recently asked data quality expert Jim Harris how companies can choose the right tool for data quality. Top Five IT Operations Management Software Vendors Click through for the top five ITOM vendors of 2011, as identified by Gartner, Inc. Download: Knowledge Warehouse Business Case Sample This sample business case will illustrate the types of analysis and modeling your team needs to present to senior management before they can make a decision to green light a project. Featured White Papers Caveat Emptor — What to Look for Before Choosing a VoIP Vendor This white paper discusses the ten biggest concerns surrounding any VoIP business telephone purchase, and suggests ways in which you can deal with them. •  Choosing the Right Virtualization Platform — It Really Does Matter •  Hosted Unified Communications: A TCO Guide •  Beyond Basic Virtualization: How to Kick Your Consolidation Up a Notch "I'm certainly starting to hear more about MDM and the cloud, both in terms of on-premise MDM solutions that will manage cloud-based data or actual MDM solutions that are themselves based in the cloud." Excerpt from Loraine Lawson Integration Latest White Papers Conference Calls & Remote Meetings — The Top 5 Hidden Costs New Requirements for eCommerce Platform Performance Opportunities to Control TCO in Your DC Infrastructure The Growth of Linux as a Server Operating System This e-mail is sent by: IT Business Edge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Copyright © 2012 QuinStreet, Inc. All rights reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise