Entity Information Life Cycle for Big Data walks you through the ins and outs of managing entity information so you can successfully achieve master data management (MDM) in the era of big data. This book explains big data's impact on MDM and the critical role of entity information management system (EIMS) in successful MDM. Expert authors Dr. John R. Talburt and Dr. Yinle Zhou provide a thorough background in the principles of managing the entity information life cycle and provide practical tips and techniques for implementing an EIMS, strategies for exploiting distributed processing to handle big data for EIMS, and examples from real applications. Additional material on the theory of EIIM and methods for assessing and evaluating EIMS performance also make this book appropriate for use as a textbook in courses on entity and identity management, data management, customer relationship management (CRM), and related topics.

Business intelligence initiatives have been dominating the technology priority list of many organisations. However, the lack of effective information quality and governance strategies and policies has been meeting these initiatives with some challenge. Information Quality and Governance for Business Intelligence presents the latest exchange of academic research on all aspects of practicing and managing information using a multidisciplinary approach that examines its quality for organisational growth. This book is an essential reference tool for researchers, practitioners, and university students specialising in business intelligence, information quality, and information systems.