SAP MDM, ORACLE MDM, Microsoft MDM and IBM MDM

[Former Member]

Could someone discuss the differences and similarities between these MDMs-

SAP MDM, ORACLE MDM, Microsoft MDM and IBM MDM. Who is/will dominate the Market?

Thank you.

Priya.

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Hi Priya,

I am currently member of a group which is evaluating SAP MDM. Our architecture team did an intensive study for > 6 months and they conclude to have Proof of Concept period for the SAP MDM for many reasons. The main one though, is that SAP MDM provide a complete solution for Customer and Product Data.Or even better it provides concrete solutions for CDI (Customer Data Integration) and PIM (Product Information Management).

As far as the other competitors concerns , I could tell give u also several information but I do not think I could include everything in this post.

Just fyi to mention that the main competitors are Microsoft, Oracle and IBM and all 3 of them they do not have a dedicated solution which covers the aspects I mentioned before (CDI,PIM) . In contrary, SAP MDM is a complete solution in the market.

Best regards,

Loukas

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Hi, Loukas

If possible, please send me your study materials to my email id:

vkalabin at gmail.com

Regards,

Vadim Kalabin

[former_member193294 · Accepted solution]

Hi Vadim,

I am not sure I can provide you all the study documents as they are company confidential.

However I will try to make a summary of the advantages/disadvantages of the MDM products in the markets.

Regards,

Loukas

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Thanks Loukas, good evaluation. But would like to know, will the SAP's competitors will provide better MDM solutions in near future or will SAP?

Just few comparison between these MDMs will do, Document purpose.

Thank you,

Priya.

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Loukas,

Please let me have summary of the advantages/disadvantages of the MDM products in the markets.

if you can.

Thansk

Osama

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Priya,

Please let me have the summry of advantages/disadvantages of the MDM products in the markets.

you got form Loukas

Regards,

Osama

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

I did not get any updates from loukas later that conversation in thread.

Priya

Edited by: priya k on Jan 20, 2008 2:55 PM

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Priya,

Quick question: are u looking at a specific pain area/entity to address via MDM?

Is it business partner (CDI) or products (PIM) or something else?

U may want to go thru the following docs on the internet:

1) Gartner's Magic Quadrant for CDI (jun2007)

2) Gartner's magic quadrant for PIM (2007)

The gist is as follwos:

1) CDI--IBM and Siebel are in leader quadrant, Oracle ,SAP etc are in niche players.

2) PIM--Leadership quadrant is vacant. Challanger's quadrant contains IBM.

Overall, the MDM market even though in its infancy is undergoing a lot of consolidation. Acquisitions were the major activity in 2007 rather than implementations..

Hope this helps....

[Former Member]

Thanks All!

[Former Member]

Hi priya k ,

These r the details regarding MDMs-SAP MDM, ORACLE MDM, Microsoft MDM and IBM MDM.

SAP Master Data Management

SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM) enables master data on customers, partners and products to be consolidated and harmonized across the enterprise, making it available to all staff and business partners. A key component of SAP NetWeaver, SAP MDM ensures data integrity across all IT systems.

The SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM) component of SAP NetWeaver creates the preconditions for enterprise services and business process management. The functionality represents customers, products, employees, vendors, and user-defined data objects in unified form. With SAP NetWeaver MDM, customers can manage master data and supplemental content, such as texts, PDF documents, high-resolution images, or diagrams in a central business information warehouse.

SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM) is a component of SAP's NetWeaver product group and is used as a platform to consolidate, cleanse and synchronise a single version of the truth for master data within a heterogeneous application landscape. It has the ability to distribute internally and externally to SAP and non-SAP applications. SAP MDM is a key enabler of SAP Enterprise Service-Oriented Architecture. Standard system architecture would consist of a single central MDM server connected to client systems through SAP Exchange Infrastructure using XML documents, although connectivity without SAP XI can also be achieved. There are five standard implementation scenarios:

Content Consolidation - centralised cleansing, de-duplication and consolidation, enabling key mapping and consolidated group reporting in SAP BI. No re-distribution of cleansed data.

Master Data Harmonisation - as for Content Consolidation, plus re-distribution of cleansed, consolidated master data.

Central Master Data Management - as for Master Data Harmonisation, but all master data is maintained in the central MDM system. No maintenance of master data occurs in the connected client systems.

Rich Product Content Management - Catalogue management and publishing. Uses elements of Content Consolidation to centrally store rich content (images, PDF files, video, sound etc.) together with standard content in order to produce product catalogues (web or print). Has standard adapters to export content to DTP packages.

Global Data Synchronization - provides consistent trade item information exchange with retailers through data hubs (e.g. 1SYNC) Some features (for example, workflow) require custom development out of the box to provide screens for end users to use.

History

SAP is currently on its second iteration of MDM software. Facing limited adoption of its initial release, SAP changed direction and in 2004 purchased a small vendor in the PIM space called A2i. This code has become the basis for the currently shipping SAP MDM 5.5, and as such, most analysts consider SAP MDM to be more of a PIM than a general MDM product at this time.

Getting Started with Master Data Management

/docs/DOC-8746#section2 [original link is broken]

Master Data Management (SAP MDM)

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm300/helpdata/EN/2d/ca9b835855804d9446044fd06f4484/frameset.htm

http://www.sap.com/netherlands/platform/netweaver/components/mdm/index.epx

http://www11.sap.com/platform/netweaver/components/mdm/index.epx

Master Data Integration

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/f062dd92-302d-2a10-fe81-ca1be... [original link is broken]

Master Data Operations

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/a0057714-302e-2a10-02ad-b56c9... [original link is broken]

Master Data Quality

https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/webcontent/uuid/c0a78be0-142e-2a10-f6b9-f6706... [original link is broken]

Oracle MDM

Oracle MDM is a core “Fusion” technology that will enable them to integrate their diverse portfolio of acquired solutions (PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel, etc.) and allow them to work together much more effectively.MDM is also a key component of Oracle’s middleware strategy to aggressively target heterogeneous environments – solutions running on different databases, operating systems, and using different data warehouse or analytical solutions. Oracle is a leading provider of ERP and CRM applications, but more broadly they are a provider of core platform solutions that help pull together and harmonise all a company’s IT assets.”

Master Data Management solutions provide the ability to consolidate and federate master information from disparate systems and lines of business into one central data repository or “hub.” As part of its Master Data Management strategy, Oracle offers solutions that enable customers to synchronise critical information in a single, central location to achieve an accurate, 360-degree view of data, whether from packaged, legacy or custom applications. Oracle offers the following solutions:

Oracle Product Information Management Data Hub – Enables companies to centralise, manage and synchronise all product information with heterogeneous systems and trading partners.

Oracle Customer Hub – Centralises, de-duplicates and enriches customer data, continuously synchronising with other data sources across the enterprise, to provide a single, accurate, authoritative source of customer information throughout the enterprise.

Oracle Financial Consolidation Hub – Allows companies to control the financial consolidation process by integrating and automating data synchronisation, currency translation, inter-company eliminations, acquisitions and disposals.

“Clean, consolidated and accurate master data distributed throughout the enterprise can save companies millions of dollars annually. With Oracle, organisations are equipped to leverage the best data management practices available today to help dramatically increase operating efficiencies, improve customer loyalty and ensure corporate governance.

MDM solutions provide the ability to consolidate and federate disparate systems and lines of business into one central data repository. Acxiom is the world's largest processor of consumer data and collects and manages more than a billion records a day for its customers, which include nine of the country's top ten credit-card issuers and most major retail banks, insurers and automakers. By integrating Acxiom's consumer data with Oracle's comprehensive MDM solutions, Oracle plans to provide customers with a pre-packaged, content-enriched customer information repository with unprecedented levels of data quality. This hybrid approach to customer data management will help clients conduct better, faster and easier MDM projects and perform more targeted marketing campaigns to cross-sell and up-sell into existing customer accounts.

Oracle's MDM solutions serve as a customer data hub to unify customer data across multiple business units and functionally disparate systems. Oracle's comprehensive functionality manages customer data over the entire lifecycle: from capturing customer data, to cleansing addresses and spelling, identifying potential duplicates, consolidating duplicates, enhancing customer profiles with external data and distributing the authoritative customer profile to the operational systems.

Microsoft MDM

http://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/mdm/default.mspx

The Microsoft MDM Roadmap

http://www.stratature.com/portals/0/MSMDMRoadmap.pdf

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb410798.aspx#mdmhubarch_topic1

The IBM View of MDM

http://www.db2mag.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=167100925

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