MDM: Subject-Area Data Integration

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I frequently describe MDM as subject area data integration. The whole point of mastering and managing data is to simplify data sharing, since confusion only occurs when you have two or more instances of data and it doesn’t match. It’s important to realize that mastering data isn’t really necessary if you only have a single system that contains one copy of data. After all, how much confusion or misunderstanding can occur when there’s only one copy of data? The challenge in making data more usable and easy to understand exists because most companies have multiple application systems each with their...

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