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Trillium Software and Syncsort Team Up for Data Quality Enhancements to DMExpress
Data quality solution vendor Trillium Software and data integration, protection and sorting software vendor Syncsort have designed a software-based application connector that links the two vendors’ offerings together. The connector therefore links the Trillium Software System data quality product with DMExpress, Syncsort’s data integration and extract, transform and load (ETL) solution. The partnership agreement is…
Asset Control Upgrades Tapmaster, Adds Graphical Visualisation and Exception Handling
Following the expansion of its instrument coverage last year, Asset Control has yet again upgraded its Tapmaster data management software, but this time with bells and whistles centred on improving its user friendliness and functionality. Version 4.0 of the solution therefore includes enhanced validation, graphical visualisation and exception handling, says the vendor. Asset Control has…
Aim Software and SFB Services4banks Partner for Reference Data Service in Switzerland
Aim Software has entered into a strategic partnership with Swiss?based application service provider (ASP) and outsourcing vendor SFB services4banks to provide the latter’s clients with a central reference data management platform based on Aim Software’s Gain Data Management solution. The two vendors are therefore working together to provide Swiss clients using SunGard’s Ambit Apsys with…
Data Practices Have to Change to Support Risk Management, Says A-Team and GoldenSource
Given the current financial climate, a large proportion of the financial services industry is engaged in changing its approach to data management in order to better support risk management, according to recently published research by A-Team Group. The research, which was commissioned by EDM vendor GoldenSource, indicates that there is a general feeling within the…
Trillium Software and Cordys Software Partner for Data Quality Strategy
Trillium Software has signed a partnership agreement with Cordys Software, a business process software provider, under which the vendors will work together to develop an integrated offering. Accordingly, Cordys has developed a connector that integrates the data quality capabilities of the Trillium Software System with the Cordys Business Operations Platform. Trillium Software’s solution is therefore…
Current Economic Climate is Forcing Buy Side to Re-evaluate Data Management Systems, Says Asset Control
The current financial crisis has had a significant impact on the buy side’s data management practices, according to a recent white paper by Asset Control in partnership with London-based management consultancy Lepus. Martijn Groot, director of market strategy at Asset Control, explains the highlights to Reference Data Review. The white paper, entitled “Establishing Control: Buy-Side…
Siperian Partners with Exeros to Speed up MDM Solution Deployment
Master data management (MDM) platform vendor Siperian has entered into an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with cross-source data profiling, discovery and validation software vendor Exeros. The agreement is aimed at speeding up customer deployment of the Siperian data hub with the creation of a new Siperian Data Model Designer offering, which is powered by…
Risk Management and Error Reduction are Key Drivers for Investment in Data Management, Says Aim and Interactive Data
Improving reference data quality in order to reduce errors is the primary reason why financial institutions have recently been engaging in reference data management projects, according to the results of Aim Software’s annual survey for 2008. Of the 340 respondents to the survey, 70% highlighted cited data quality as a key focus for these projects,…
EDM Council Releases Draft of Semantics Repository for Industry Evaluation
Following the announcement of its plans to establish an online semantics repository in May last year, the EDM Council has finally released the first draft of the repository for industry evaluation. The online conceptual data model and data dictionary is aimed at providing an open resource for collaboration among industry participants and tackling the problem…
LakeFront Data Consulting and ReferenceDataFactory to Demerge to Avoid Confusion
Despite its announcement in May last year that it would be merging with data integration vendor ReferenceDataFactory (RDF), data management consultancy LakeFront Data Consulting has indicated that both firms will instead remain as separate entities. Dale Richards, who was previously president and CEO of the merged company and is now taking a back seat, explains…