Identity Resolution Daily Links 2009-01-26
By the Infoglide Team
Sacramento Bee: Worker’s comp fraud brings prison, $144,000 restitution
“Federal prosecutors said that Abdullah’s father received about $2,500 a month in worker’s compensation benefits from the Labor Department under the Federal Employees Compensation Act. His father died of lung cancer on Nov. 18, 1999. Following the death, Abdullah completed three separate Labor Department forms where he forged his father’s signature in order to continue receiving benefits.”
Gartner: Where did MDM “come from” in the first place?
“Correctly, in my view, Chimni affirms that MDM had common roots in two different parts of the business: how to achieve single view of product, and customer. And when we say, ’single view’, we don’t really mean that. We mean, ‘from a single source of master data, each user in context to the task at hand, can perceive the information in the way they need too’ which really results in multiple views from one source. But we say colloquially, ’single view’ as its simpler.”
Lottery Post: Store owners, clerks accused of stealing winning tickets
“They told the officer the ticket was worthless, then kept it and claimed the winnings themselves. ‘Sometimes the tickets might be confusing to some people or they are might be in a hurry. They are trusting the person behind the counter is going to tell them the proper amount,’ said Bill Hertogue with the California Lottery.”
Andy on Enterprise Software: Running Against the Tide
“One interesting aspect of this is that the MDM software market so far appears to be holding up well. Indeed it is currently growing at an annualised rate of 30% according to our research,a healthy clip.”
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