New Design, Your Participation, and Links


New Design

You’ve probably noticed by now that we switched up the site design earlier this week. We’ve gone with a cleaner look so that the focus is clearly on the content. We’ve also added some space in the sidebar to your right for advertisers. The vision for The Data Governance Blog is to grow into a valuable resource for data management professionals. That means our content will encompass learning about best practices, past experiences, industry events, vendors, and products.

Your Participation

“Build your resume by being a Guest Contributor”

As part of our vision, we’re reaching out to you to help us grow. Would you like to be a guest contributor? Your writeups don’t have to be long or involved like traditional journals and magazines. We’re all about quick hitting information here. If you have a good tip or a past experience (good or bad) that you learned from, please contribute! Or, if you read an article recently and you have some comments on it, please share! All you have to do to contribute is shoot me an email.

Recent Data Management News

Developing a Successful Master Data Management RFP–Steps to Avoid
And includes a very helpful list of “Ten Costly RFP Mistakes to Avoid ”

Co-Operators, BMO, bank on Big Blue software
This covers IBM’s new product and some of the business needs for Customer Data Inegration (CDI).

Hotlink Monday – Data Governance and Management Articles


Here is the latest news in the Data Governance Industry



New Study Shows That Most Firms Struggle with Data Integrity Issues – This article states “most firms struggle with Data Integrity Issues” and lists Data Governance as part of the solution to this problem.

Business Intelligence in Healthcare: The Drivers – Consultant Jill Dyche muses about Health Care issues, and new attempts to fix their old problems.

TIBCO’s New Master Data Management Software Offers Industry-First Feature Set – Tibco has released new Master Data Management Software

Is Informatica An Acquisition Target? – It won’t help you with your program, but if you’re interested in the industry or if you use Informatica, this is an interesting article about how Sramana Mitra thinks Informatica is an acquisition target

Q&A: The Ins and Outs of Enterprise Master Data Management – A good article on the future of MDM

Varonis Joins Data Governance Council Formed by IBM — Some info on Varonis and the IBM Data Governance Council