Microsoft and Stratature

June 7, 2007— Today, Microsoft announced the acquisition of Stratature. This announcement builds on the relationship Microsoft and Stratature have already established, and will accelerate Microsoft's delivery of technology in the MDM market; it represents the culmination of a company-wide effort across the Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence and Microsoft Office SharePoint technology groups to deliver on a unified Master Data Management solution.

Stratature is recognized as a leader in the Master Data Management market, and Microsoft values their experience, the products they have created and the services they provide. With Stratature, Microsoft can now offer increased MDM capabilities as an integral part of Microsoft Office System applications and servers.

Microsoft will integrate +EDM technology into its product offerings, and is committed to providing its partners the best opportunities to offer products and services to customers that integrate data management across the enterprise.

And here are the details of the acquisition:
https://www.microsoft.com/sharepoint/mdm/default.mspx

So, What is MDM?

---- the Update is we've moved this set of features to SQL 2008 R2.