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MDM Products Offering from Vendors

 

IBM MDM Suite

IBM’s MDM product is now called IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM). It provides MDM services for multiple domains, including customer, account, product, and location data.

Key features of IBM InfoSphere MDM:

  • Multi-domain MDM support
  • Over 800 business services out-of-the-box for managing master data
  • Capabilities for data integration, governance, and analytics
  • Supports both physical and virtual MDM implementations

IBM also offers IBM Product Master (formerly IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management for Product Information Management), which focuses on Product Information Management (PIM) but is positioned as part of a broader MDM strategy.

Oracle Master Data Management Suite

Oracle’s MDM suite includes multiple domain-specific hubs:

Oracle Customer Hub

A Customer Data Integration (CDI) solution that provides:

  • A prebuilt extensible global master data model for customer information
  • Services for data synchronization and federation across systems
  • Data governance and auditing capabilities

Oracle Product Hub

Designed to centralize and manage product data, offering:

  • Import workbench for data quality improvements
  • Mass maintenance for managing updates across multiple products
  • Predefined attributes with extensibility
  • Integration with manufacturing and service industries

Oracle Site Hub

A location mastering solution that provides:

  • A prebuilt extensible data model for site management
  • Site mapping and visualization using Google Maps®
  • Integration with Oracle Inventory, Oracle Property Manager, and Oracle Enterprise Asset Management

Oracle Data Relationship Management (formerly Hyperion DRM)

A master data management solution built for financial and analytical data, providing:

  • Data model-agnostic capabilities
  • Versioning and governance for enterprise data consistency

For the latest updates, visit: Oracle MDM

SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM)

SAP’s MDM product has evolved into SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG), which is integrated into SAP S/4HANA.

Key Features of SAP MDG:

  • Centralized master data management for customers, suppliers, products, and financial data
  • Embedded governance, consolidation, and data quality tools
  • Integration with SAP S/4HANA and other enterprise systems
  • Support for data modeling, replication, and versioning

SAP originally acquired A2i in 2004, which influenced its early PIM capabilities. However, with the latest versions (MDG on S/4HANA), SAP now provides a full-featured MDM solution.

Sun MDM Suite (Now Oracle MDM Suite)

(Note: Sun Microsystems was acquired by Oracle in 2010, and Sun’s MDM Suite is no longer available as a separate product.)

Previously, Sun’s MDM was based on Java Composite Application Platform Suite (Java CAPS) and included:

  • Sun Master Index (Reference Data Management)
  • Sun Data Integrator (ETL for MDM)
  • Sun Data Mashup Engine (Data Aggregation)
  • Sun Data Quality and Load Tools (Data Cleansing and Matching)

These functionalities have been absorbed into Oracle’s MDM offerings, specifically within Oracle Data Integration and Oracle Data Relationship Management.

For historical reference, Sun’s documentation was available at: Sun MDM Suite (now redirected to Oracle).

Summary

  • IBM InfoSphere MDM: Multi-domain MDM with strong business service capabilities
  • Oracle MDM Suite: Includes Customer Hub, Product Hub, Site Hub, and Data Relationship Management
  • SAP MDG (formerly SAP MDM): Now a core part of SAP S/4HANA, offering embedded governance and data management
  • Sun MDM (Now Oracle MDM): Sun’s MDM components have been integrated into Oracle’s portfolio after the acquisition

For enterprises looking at MDM solutions today, IBM, Oracle, and SAP continue to be the major players, with cloud-based and AI-enhanced MDM solutions becoming the new industry trend.

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