The Right Stuff A global bank faces (and conquers) a significant metadata challenge. The word “metadata” usually sends a shiver down the spines of senior IT people. Academia has been touting its potential benefits for more than 20 years, but the truth is that practically no metadata project has delivered on its lofty promises. However, the implementation of an Ab Initio ® -based metadata-management capability at a global banking organization has really demonstrated that things have finally changed... To set the scene, this global bank took over the back-office processing of a number of asset-management companies. Although this was effective from a business perspective, the IT department ended up with multiple systems running different technology stacks, all performing similar activities. T

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