To my earlier “Long way from Panorama” post, I wanted to add that Microsoft has now climbed to top position in the “Ability to Execute” Axis only.

To reach the overall top position in the Gartner’s Magic Quadrant Grid, Microsoft needs to now further address its strategies for “Completeness of Vision”. One of the big strategic move to address this vision was acquiring Strature (An MDM Product) mid last year. 

Ever since I had an opportunity to design & build a enterprise core Master Data Management application for a big Telecom Company in Australia, I have been quite keen in keeping up to date on MDM Technologies.   

Microsoft’s approach to MDM further tightens the integration of their BI, SharePoint, and Dynamics platforms by offering a web interface (driven by SharePoint) to data management (driven by SQL Server) that integrates easily with new or existing Enterprise Operational systems. 

Microsoft’s MDM Road-map can be found here.