Neal Waterstreet

Speaking at SQLSaturday 825 – Chicago

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The schedule has been posted and I’ve been selected to speak at SQLSaturday 825 Chicago. I’ll be presenting “Master Data Management with SQL Server MDS“.

“Want to know the position Master Data Management and MDS play in an organization’s overall data strategy? We’ll review the key concepts and the different roles and responsibilities to help you get your organization moving forward with MDM. We’ll then take a look at the features of SQL Server MDS that make it an excellent tool for MDM. This demo-packed presentation will cover architecture and installation, different ways of processing data, hierarchies, security and many other features that will get you up and running with MDS.”

I’ve made some updates to this presentation over the past few weeks and I’m looking forward to the event. If you are interested in MDM, Reference Data or just want to see what MDS is please come by and say hi.

 

MDM & Data Governance Chicago 2018

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Last week I was in Chicago for the MDM & Data Governance conference. I was able to attend last fall in New York and felt it helped me expand my understanding of several MDM related topics. Most importantly, I was able to get a clear picture of the future of MDM with Big Data, GDPR, and the cloud.

This event is a little different than the ones I’ve been to before in that its focused only on MDM and DG. The advantage is multiple sessions can go into detail on topics that are often overlooked by other conferences. There was a wide range of topics covered, and it was difficult to choose between sessions.

This time I again enjoyed hearing and learning about the case studies. It’s always helpful to review what others have done and the issues they’ve faced. The conference overall was excellent, and the focus seemed to be on companies facing challenges with multi-domain MDM and data lakes. I’ll try to attend again in the fall.