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Here you'll find articles, white papers, advice and resources to help you better manage and leverage your company's data. From an introduction to data quality-related terms to understanding the innovations in tools and technology, this is your best resource for getting started on the right foot with your data quality initiative. Drop us an email to let us know what other learning guides you'd like to see on SearchDataManagement.com.

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- Think you're a data quality expert? Take our data quality quiz
- Definition: Customer lifecycle
- Definition: Data
- Definition: Data aggregation
- Definition: Data integration
- Definition: Data mining
- Definition: Data scrubbing
- Definition: Data value
- Definition: Dirty data
- Definition: GIGO
- Definition: OLAP
- Definition: Raw data
Building a data quality strategy Table of Contents
- Article: Why data governance projects fail
- Article: Data governance requires checks and balances, Gartner says
- Article: CRM analytics done right
- Article: Call centers grappling with data security
- Article: Marketers see data breach danger, remain unprepared
- Article: Travelocity 'activates' customer data for BI
- Article: Moving customer data quality upstream
- Article: BI's seven fatal flaws
- Article: Postal service delivers data quality
- Column: Dear Santa, I've been a good data management manager
- Article: Firm ties bonuses to data quality
- Article: Is there hidden knowledge in 'dirty' data?
- Article: Gearing up for the data security culture shift
- Column: Be prepared to duel with data quality
- Article: Data quality market consolidating
- News: Avoiding data errors requires small steps
- Column: Data quality: Beware the dirty things your customers see
- Article: Expert: Data quality is misunderstood
- Article: The importance of data quality for data warehousing and CRM
- Article: Wait and see time for PeopleSoft users
- Article: Building material firm builds a data warehouse
- Article: Three requirements in a data consolidation project
- Article: Talkin' turkey with dirty data
- Article: The sure-fire insight into customers
- Article: AutoNation solves customer information gridlock
- Article: Data quality market evolves as interest ramps up
- Article: The Humpty Dumpty data dilemma
- Article: A data steward's job is never done
- Article: Bad data haunts the enterprise
- Article: Forget the failures, IDC says CRM delivers
- Article: Data quality market growing
- Article: Brief: Data quality knows no borders
- Article: CRM success depends on quality data
- Article: It's really (almost) all about the data: Optimizing loyalty initiatives

Learn about the technology Table of Contents
- Article: Data quality products position for a pervasive presence
- Article: Data quality tools help Intellidyn match millions in hours
- Article: Where have all the data quality vendors gone?
- Article: Gartner names data quality's top performers in new Magic Quadrant
- Article: Hyperion hooks UpStream for financial data quality
- Article: Business Objects sweeps up Firstlogic
- Article: Informatica cleans up with Similarity Systems acquisition
- Article: Getting BI and data quality together
- Article: Oracle-Siebel deal shakes up CDI world
- Article: Update: Pitney Bowes to buy Firstlogic
- Article: Services firm offers data quality program
- Article: Capitalizing on CDI
- Article: Analyze this -- Siebel analytics extends beyond CRM
- Article: BI vendors issue new offerings
- Article: Microsoft CRM update improves interface, workflow
- Article: MicroStrategy gets in reporting game
- Article: Trillium data cleansing release targets more than merely IT
- Article: It's the data, stupid!
Reports and white papers on data quality Table of Contents
- White paper: Data Quality by the Numbers: Best Practices for Managing Business Data
- Article: Information quality market to reach $1 billion
- Article: Report: Half of data warehouse projects to fail
- White paper: The Importance of Quality Data in Building Strong Customer Relations
- White paper: Data quality -- A problem and an approach
- White paper: Data quality white paper
Expert advice Table of Contents
- Advice: The Clinger-Cohen Act and enterprise risk management
- Advice: Strategic structuring within a data governance initiative
- On-demand expert webcast: Data Quality 101 -- What Everyone Needs to Know
- Chapter download: Data Quality: The Field Guide (Author: Tom Redman, Published by Digital Press)
- Advice: If you're looking for advice on data quality, ask our business intelligence expert William McKnight your question today
- Advice: Essential technical skills of a data warehouse architect

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