As pharmaceutical and clinical research organizations around the world race to discover and inoculate the global population with a vaccine for COVID-19, artificial intelligence (AI) will play a key role in ensuring that trustworthy, relevant, and timely drug-discovery data can be used to understand and eradicate this global threat. Drug discovery has traditionally been a... more
In their January 2017 Magic Quadrant for master data management (MDM), Gartner predicted a huge disruption in how customers will invest in MDM solutions. By 2020, 80% of all master data management (MDM) solution revenue will be driven by support for all of the buying organization’s requirements around industries, data domains, use cases, organizations and... more
Earlier this year Informatica’s CEO introduced the concept of Data 3.0: A level of organizational maturity where data is the new control point, and will shape how applications are developed and deployed. At conferences and in private discussions I have been party to, the theme of ‘Data Powering Business’ is gaining strength. Many Life Science... more
After many years of data making the headlines in business and popular media alike, data is finally making inroads in terms of corporate priorities too. Informatica’s CEO, Anil Chakravarthy, has identified the next evolution of data management with data as the new control point. It is becoming clear that organizations that take a strategic approach... more
No industry is exempt from the market impact of digital disruption. Analyst firms are starting to see business risk for existing Life Science vendors. They see nimble, non-traditional, data centric companies disrupting existing market participants. An example of a data-centric disruptor is McLaren Technology Group. McLaren describes itself as a high-technology company, and is best... more
Earlier this month Informatica and HighPoint Solutions co-sponsored the Marcus Evans 3rd Edition IDMP Compliance Challenge: Hit the phased approach deadlines conference in Frankfurt. The conference agenda was packed with IDMP compliance experts willing to share experiences, challenges and concerns going forward. Whilst listening to the industry representatives, I noted common themes occurring in their... more
Regulatory Affairs departments in Europe may be feeling more relaxed about the implementation of IDMP now than a few months ago. Not only because of holiday season, but buoyed by the intent to delay the official IDMP compliance deadline of July 1st 2016. Although the EU Commission has not formally accepted a delay, there are... more