I read this morning Evan Levy’s excellent blog “Blind Vendor Allegiance Trumps Utility.” In it, he laments the number of companies he spoke to at the recent Gartner MDM Summit who identified their leading MDM vendor (based on being a [Microsoft / IBM / SAP / Oracle / SAS] shop) before even defining their requirements. [...]
Gartner MDM Summit in Las Vegas last week had all the trappings of a good technology conference: lots of buyers, rich content, and a little fun. Andrew White stripping during the keynote was a moment of considerable suspense with the audience wondering how far he’d go. 6 years after we first shipped our MDM product, [...]
Last week, Kalido participated as a Platinum sponsor in the Gartner MDM Summit in Las Vegas. Co-chaired by Gartner analysts John Radcliffe and Andrew White, the conference came on the heels of the Gartner BI Summit and gained about 100 attendees from event for a total in the 4-500 range. More than ever before, we [...]
In my last blog, I discussed that although we’ve thrown a huge amount of money to solve data problems, the result is unsatisfactory. For poor data quality, we identified the root cause: the lack of transparency and accountability between providers and consumers of data. In most organizations, because the relationships and rules of engagement between [...]
This weekend I saw the new animation masterpiece “How to Train your Dragon” with my kids. It’s the story of a group of Vikings living on a remote island being constantly attacked by dragons of different species. When a young boy brings down the fiercest of all dragons, the Night Fury, nobody believes him but [...]
