Master data is easily one of the most critical assets that a business possesses. With continuous digitization and the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, the value of master data and the ...

Founder and Managing Principal of DBP Institute. I consult companies on how to transform technology and data into a valuable business asset. Management guru Peter Drucker is often quoted as having ...

For the purpose of data synchronization, any data or constructs that are applicable across multiple business transactions. Master data can be divided into neutral and relationship dependent data.

We are all familiar with examples of the poor data quality that pervades large organisations. How many misspelt versions of your name appear on letters and bills sent to you, for example? There are ...

Database systems are the backbone of contemporary data-driven applications, underpinning industries ranging from finance to scientific research. As data volumes surge and complexity increases, robust ...

Transactional data can reveal that two seemingly similar customers have strikingly different purchasing patterns U.S. marketers mailed an estimated 14 billion catalogs last year, at an average cost of ...

A database start up, NuoDB, reached out to me to talk about a project they were working on to address the need for extremely scalable, web scale, transaction oriented database engines. The ...

Welcome to Data Spotlight, our series showcasing insights derived from Bloomberg’s 8,000+ enterprise datasets available on data.bloomberg.com via Data License. In this edition we take a look at ...