Editor’s letter: As dull as ditchwater

Taking the long-term decision to build an enterprise data management (EDM) infrastructure is, however, a decision that for many buy-side organisations is simply too painful to contemplate. The premise (in theory) is simple: call in the consultants and data management vendors and formulate a plan of attack, and then sit back for the next 18 months (minimum) for them to turn your entire organisation upside down as they bed-down multiple servers and tackle the Herculean task of migrating