Chapter 10

Data Virtualization and Master Data Management

10.1 Introduction

The quality of decision making depends to a large degree on the quality of the data used to make the decision. Incorrect data can negatively influence the quality of decision making. One area in IT that deals with the quality of data is master data management. Therefore, master data management has a close relationship with data integration and thus with data virtualization.

This chapter describes the advantages of exploiting data virtualization technology in a master data management system. It starts with explaining the need for master data, what master data management is, and why it’s important to most organizations. The role of master data management for data integration ...

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