IT-Analysis.com article by Harriet Fryman on the criticality of MDM fueling considerable vendor activity. She says some vendors are still at the marketing message stage while others have tangible solutions.

Weblog entry from Jeff Jonas describing the difference between Entity Resolution Systems and Match Merge/Merge Purge systems, which is an area that is often important in master data management.

Information Management article on the Gartner projection that worldwide master data management software revenue is on pace to total $1.3 billion in 2008.

SearchDataManagement.com article from Jeff Kelly summarizing predictions for the MDM market for 2009.

Information Management article by Lou Agosta that discusses an old problem that continues to challenge both users and vendors.

TDWI column by Philip Russom that says with many trends intersecting with master data management, it has a high probability of adoption.

IT Business Edge article by Loraine Lawson describing the key aspects of master data projects for IT.

Business Intelligence Network article by David Loshin that argues a solid definition is required for the concept of master data.

SOA World article from John Kalogirou on the intersection of MDM and SOA.

ZDNet Government Weblog entry by Ramon Padilla Jr. on organizational challenges that explain why data-sharing is more than just a technology problem.