InfoSphere MDM Server v8 Functional Whitepaper

Leading organizations today are undertaking initiatives to break down information silos and gain control of their most important and commonly-shared enterprise information assets, or master data. The category of solutions deployed to achieve and maintain this single version of truth of master data across the enterprise is known as Master Data Management (MDM). MDM solutions are designed to manage master data, which includes information about an organization's customers, products and accounts, throughout operational transactions and maintain a single operational view, which serves as the system of record for this data.