Microsoft's coming Dynamics 365 ERP/CRM service has something called the 'Common Data Model' at its core. Here's more on what CDM is and why it matters.

In 2016, when Microsoft announced its makeover of its CRM and ERP strategy in the form of Dynamics 365, officials started talking up the Common Data Model (CDM), which was the heart of those ...

Lately I've been hearing a lot about common data models when it comes to SOA. As organizations attempt to figure out the data in the context of SOA they are driven many times to the notion of a ...

Attempting to adapt to a common static structure is almost imposable…albeit it looks good on paper. The notion of conformity never works in the world of data, or the world of integration.