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Welcome to SearchDataManagement.com’s Data Quality Management SoftwareProduct Directory. This directory is designed to be a valuable resource for thosegetting started with research or evaluating vendors in the data quality market.Inside, you’ll find basic information about the major vendors in the data qualitymarket and the products they sell. Each listing is accompanied by a short descrip-tion and a long description including limited information about functionality andproduct use. You’ll find products for businesses of all sizes as well as productsthat can be deployed on-demand and on-premise. Use this list to get startedwith the evaluation process. For more information about any of the productsor to speak to a sales representative, please visit the vendor website or productwebsite.SearchDataManagement.comwill launch a series of directories throughoutthe year to address unique segments of the data management market. Wantto see your product listed in one of our directories? Go here tosubmit a product.Need to update product or pricing information?Email us here.For questions for the editors or to make suggestions for improving the directory, write to usateditor@searchdatamanagement.com.Happy shopping!

DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PRODUCT DIRECTORY

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DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PRODUCT DIRECTORY

Dataqualitymanagementandchoosingdataqualitytools:Aprimer

s more business analysts recognize the relationship between high-quality data and the success of the business, there is a growing inter-est in integrating data quality management within the organization.And while the lion’s share of the effort involves putting good datamanagement practices in place and establishing data governance,there will always be a requirement for technology to supportdata quality maturity.That being said, until relatively recently, most people equated the phrases “dataquality” and “data cleansing” with the expectation that data quality tools wereintended only to help identify data errors and then correct those errors. In reality,there are many techniques applied within the context of a data quality managementprogram, with different types of tools used to support those techniques.Data quality management incorporates a “virtuous cycle,” shown inF

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M O N I T O R I N G / I M P R O V E M E N T D A T A A N A L Y S I S / A S S E S S M E N T

Monitor results ofimprovement methodsagainst targetsData cleansingandenhancementImplementqualityimprovementmethods andprocessesDesign qualityimprovement processesand set performancetargetsDefinebusiness-related dataquality rules