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May 13, 2008

Is IT Wagging the Organization?

Posted by John Schmidt in: Enterprise Data Management ; Enterprise Data Management > Integration Competency Centers (ICC)

John Schmidt

You may need to reorganize your company to take advantage of modern IT architectures such as SOA or MDM. Some people would say this is heresy – that this is a case of the tail wagging the dog and that the IT strategy should echo the business strategy and operating model. True enough – but IT is also “part” of the business and also has an obligation to play a role in leading the enterprise into the future.

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May 07, 2008

Gaining Buy-in to Master Data Management, One Step at a Time

Posted by Joe McKendrick in: Enterprise Data Management ; Enterprise Data Management > Governance / Stewardship ; Enterprise Data Management > Management

Joe McKendrick
At a conference last fall, I heard Martin Brodbeck, executive director for strategic architecture at Pfizer, describe how his company, a $48-billion pharmaceutical giant, was able to employ master data management (MDM) to bring together data assets from across its global enterprise into a single, centralized data definition.

The key ingredient to Pfizer's success in this area, Brodbeck said, was not technology by itself, but enterprise governance. Pfizer's MDM effort was led by an internal business sponsor, who helped promote the concept to the rest of the global enterprise. "Master data management is much more about governance than it is about technology," he pointed out.

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May 01, 2008

Even in Tough Times, Integration Still Endures

Posted by Joe McKendrick in: Enterprise Data Management > Benefits ; Enterprise Data Management > Best Practices ; Enterprise Data Management > Management > Enterprise Business Impact ; Enterprise Data Management ; Enterprise Data Management > Management

Joe McKendrick
Any budget crunches that hit organizations this year may not directly affect enterprise data management initiatives, but EDM and associated middleware will be called upon to help businesses through turbulent times.

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April 18, 2008

The Real Silver Bullet

Posted by John Schmidt in: Enterprise Data Management ; Enterprise Data Management > Integration Competency Centers (ICC)

John Schmidt
It’s been almost 5 years since Nicolas Carr started a lively (and sometimes hostile) debate with his Harvard Business Review article IT Doesn’t Matter. And now, just this past fall, Cynthia Rettig added fuel to the fire with her MIT Sloan Management Review paper The Trouble with Enterprise Software. There are indeed serious concerns with the perception of IT and many business leaders are fed up.

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