What Master Data Management can gain from SOA

IBM just launched a product, IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management (MDM) Server, which will purportedly interface with service oriented architecture. According to IBM, InfoSphere “offers deployment options that give customers the flexibility to use it for both entry-level MDM projects and high-volume SOA MDM systems with one platform.” Can SOA help make sense of the data that is wildly proliferating across our enterprises? There’s more buzz around the role SOA can play in getting a better grip on the data that is wildly proliferating across our enterprises. Pfizer has been doing a lot of work in the MDM-SOA area, as reported here a couple of months ago. IBM explained in its announcement how MDM brings it all together: “A retail…