Grant Thornton LLP, Named Sponsor at Knowledge Congress' Event on Enterprise Master Data Management & The Convergence of Technology & Business Live Webcast

New York, NY, September 14, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Grant Thornton LLP teams up with The Knowledge Group for KC’s upcoming webcast entitled “Enterprise Master Data Management & The Convergence of Technology & Business LIVE Webcast.” This two-hour event will be held on Thursday, October 27, 2011 @ 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM ET.

For further details about this event, please visit:
http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2011_Data_Management.html

About Grant Thornton LLP

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Event Synopsis

Master Data Management (MDM) is the management of an institution’s fundamental data that is shared across multiple business units, everything from project budgets to donor contacts to employee contact information.

The goal of MDM, consequently, is to ensure the accuracy, consistency and availability of this data to the various business users.

In the webcast, the panel will discuss what Enterprise Master Data Management (EMDM) is and how strategies built around the EMDM framework can benefit businesses and several key concepts of data management, including:

- What business problems do EMDM help address
- What a system of record is vs. a system of reference
- Data maturity models, their meaning and value to an organization
- Data quality strategy and practices
- Applying EMDM in data warehouse situations
- Security considerations when it comes to enterprise master data

About The Knowledge Group, LLC/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series

The Knowledge Congress is a series of live webcasts produced by The Knowledge Group, LLC, which examine trends, regulatory, and technology changes across a variety of industries. For further details, please visit: www.knowledgecongress.org.

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