March 2010 Archives

Melissa Data: Licensed NCOA Mail Service Provider for Canadian National Change of Address

By Blog Administrator on March 26, 2010 11:28 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Melissa Data, a nonexclusive NCOALink Full Service Provider Licensee of the USPS, is now a licensed NCOA mail service provider for Canadian National Change of Address (NCOA).

 

Melissa Data provides companies with the services necessary to keep up with customers that have moved, both in the U.S. via NCOALink services, and Canada via Canada Post NCOA services.

 

As a provider of address updating services licensed by the USPS and Canada Post, Melissa Data has the flexibility and means to guarantee the lowest price for its address updating services.

 

Melissa Data's low price pledge means they will beat any competitor's price for NCOALink 48-month or Canadian NCOA Services. NCOALink processing is required by the USPS for automation discounts on First-Class and Standard Mail.

 

Read the full press release here: http://www.melissadata.com/whatsnew/cncoa-price-pledge-press-release.pdf

 

For more information on Canadian NCOA Services and the Low Price Pledge, visit http://www.melissadata.com/listservices/coa.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

How High-Level Data Modeling Fits with Other Data Initiatives

By Blog Administrator on March 17, 2010 11:14 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Most organizations today are in some stage of developing large, cross-department, data-related initiatives.

In this Information Age, data is a strategic differentiator - a retail organization that has a strong vision around its customer information is a step ahead of its competitors.

Many of the buzzwords surrounding data-related initiatives are common in both business and IT circles: master data management, business intelligence, and data governance. But what do these really mean, and how can a high-level data model help with the efforts?

Read the full article here:

http://www.information-management.com/infodirect/2009_156/data_modeling-10017301-1.html?ET=informationmgmt:e1416:2096266a:&st=email

Post your comments to the discussion board here:

http://www.information-management.com/forums/

 

Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data

By Blog Administrator on March 8, 2010 10:54 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Projects addressing data quality or master data management (MDM) frequently struggle to get approved by senior management. In fact, the two top barriers to data quality projects are "it's very difficult to present a business case" and "management does not see this as an imperative."

Only around 60% OF MDM projects proceed with a proper business case. This is an unsatisfactory state of affairs. If a major project proceeds without a clear idea of where benefits are to come from, then it is at a high risk of cancellation (or outright failure through lack of correct focus) when times become tough and a hard look is taken at all discretionary projects.

In this white paper, Andy Hayler explains the key elements of a financial case, preferring financial measures that take into account the time value of money over looser measures which are in common use--especially in the IT press--but are frowned upon by many corporate finance departments.

Armed with the material in this white paper, you will be in a good position to deliver a high quality business case for your data quality or MDM project.

Read the white paper in its entirety here:

www.melissadata.com/enews/business-case-for-mdm.pdf

 

Master Data Services-SSIS MDM Load

By Blog Administrator on March 5, 2010 11:23 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Microsoft recently released Master Data Services in SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP. Without getting into the strategic benefits, definitions, etc., MDM (Master Data Management) will be very helpful for any application in automating the setup and maintenance of look up or cross reference tables, hierarchies, dimensions, or utilizing reference data.

This article will provide an overview of Master Data Management and Master Data Services recently released with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2. In addition, a sample SSIS Package for loading data into the MDS Repository Staging tables will be provided.

To read this article in its entirety go to: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SSIS/69372/

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