Information roadmap for virtual, physical, and hybrid MDM

This document provides links to the information resources that are available for virtual, physical, and hybrid MDM.

Table 1. Cross-virtual, physical, and hybrid capabilities
Category	Information resources
Product overview	Product home page This web site presents an overview of the suite and its related components. (Type: marketing; format: HTML)
Installing	System requirements This document describes the system requirements for the editions. (Type: support; format: HTML) Release notes This topic contains critical information to ensure the successful installation and operation of the edition. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML) Installation These topics describe the steps to install the product, its modules, and optional components. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML)
Administering	Administration overview These topics describe how to perform general operations and administrative tasks, such as user management and server restarts. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML) Security overview These topics describe the user management, SSL, and audit logging. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML)
Reference	Glossary Various terms and definitions are available for some products in InfoSphere® MDM. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML) Samples Many samples are available to help you get started with MDM development. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML)
Training	Training courses IBM® offers classroom, on-site, and e-Learning training classes. (Type: training; format: HTML)
Community resources	IBM Master Data Management Community The IBM Master Data Management Community site contains developer resources, discussions, and blog posts. (Type: web site; format: HTM) IBM Developer The IBM Developer site contains developer-focused resources including open source projects, a library of knowledge resources, developer advocates ready to help, and a global community of developers. (Type: web site; format: HTML)
IBM Redbooks® resources	Aligning MDM and BPM for Master Data Governance, Stewardship, and Enterprise Processes This IBM Redbooks publication provides an overview of InfoSphere MDM and IBM Business Automation Workflow (formerly IBM Business Process Manager). It examines how you can align them to enable trusted and accurate information to be used by business processes to optimize business performance and bring more agility to data stewardship. (Type: web site; format: PDF file) A Practical Guide to Manage Reference Data with InfoSphere MDM Reference Data Management Hub This IBM Redbooks publication explains the end-to-end process of an InfoSphere MDM Reference Data Management Hub implementation that includes the considerations of planning a reference data management project, requirements gathering and analysis, model design in detail, and integration considerations and scenario. (Type: web site; format: PDF file) Enhance Inbound and Outbound Marketing with a Trusted Single View of the Customer This IBM Redbooks publication describes how master data about customers is extracted from an MDM hub and delivered through an information supply chain to your marketing data repository. This information supply chain includes capabilities such as data integration, metadata management, industry data models, and workload-optimized analytics appliance. This book gives marketing organizations (both the business and IT functions for marketing) a blueprint for how to design your enterprise market management solution in a way that best takes advantage of your trusted master data. (Type: web site; format: PDF file) IBM Information Governance Solutions This IBM Redbooks publication focuses on the building blocks of a solid governance program. It examines some familiar governance initiative scenarios, identifying how they underpin key governance initiatives, such as master data management, quality management, security and privacy, and information lifecycle management. (Type: web site; format: PDF file) Information Governance Principles and Practices for a Big Data Landscape This IBM Redbooks publication describes how the IBM big data platform provides the integrated capabilities that are required for the adoption of information governance in the big data landscape. A chapter describes two approaches to using MDM in combination with big data technology to deliver an enhanced 360-degree view of the customer. (Type: web site; format: PDF file) Reference Data Management: IBM Redbooks Solution Guide This IBM Redbooks Solution Guide highlights the value of this powerful solution and describes how to implement it in your organization. (Type: web site; format: HTML) Smarter Analytics®: Driving Customer Interactions with the IBM Next Best Action Solution This IBM Redbooks publication introduces the IBM Smarter Analytics Signature Solution - next best action and highlights the business value of the solution. (Type: web site; format: PDF file)
Product support	Product support resources The IBM Support Portal is a unified, customizable view of all technical support tools and information for all IBM systems, software, and services. (Type: web site; format: HTML)

Table 2. Virtual MDM capabilities
Category	Information resources
Product overview	Introduction to virtual MDM capabilities These topics introduce you to virtual MDM technical capabilities, including its features and components. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML)
Configuring	Workbench overview These topics describe configuring your implementation with the Workbench. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML)

Table 3. Physical MDM capabilities
Category	Information resources
Product overview	Introduction to physical MDM capabilities These topics introduce you to the physical MDM capabilities, including its features and components. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML)
Configuring	Workbench overview These topics describe developing and customizing your implementation with the Workbench. (Type: product documentation; format: HTML)