If you attended conferences on MDM since late 2008, you might have noticed that most product vendors either already support (say they support) or are moving towards supporting multi-entity MDM. To be honest, very few vendors are close to mature multi-entity MDM as of early 2009; the direction however is clear. Most engagements I have worked on to-date involved multiple MDM domains and I foresee this continuing in the future. With multiple domains comes the need for MDM enablement which was introduced in a prior blog. Since MDM enablement involves commonalities across domains, there is more emphasis and need for enablement under the centralized MDM style / architectural pattern.
Which reminds me, there has been a slight change of terminology on MDM architectural styles as presented by Gartner on the November 2008 MDM conference. The table below shows the change (green replacing red) and consolidates/aligns the Gartner terms to the ones from IBM's and my first article on MDM which can be found under the links area.
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"Multi-style MDM to increase.Through 2009 and 2010, Global 5000 enterprises will broaden their MDM business initiatives from single-use case, single entity to multi-style, multi-entity uses"
Aaron Zornes, founder and chief research officer, MDM Institute.
"I have seen positive momentum towards multi-data-domain operational MDM solutions."
Rob Karel, MDM analyst, Forrester.
"By 2012, more than 65% of Global 2000 organizations will deploy two or more domain-specific, MDM-supporting technologies that start out as specific business requirements but become part of a larger MDM initiative."
Andrew White, Research VP, Gartner Inc.
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