Steve Kleinmann, Industry Practice Lead, Master Data Solutions for Moody’s Analytics talks to us about how organizations around the world are embracing third-party data to enrich their internal data and knowledge and grow their businesses. In this week's episode of the Business of Data podcast, host Catherine King talks with Steve Kleinmann, Industry Practice Lead, Master Data Solutions for financial intelligence and analytical tooling company, Moody’s Analytics. Together they walk through how organizations around the world are embracing third-party data to enrich their internal data and knowledge and grow their businesses. In the discussion this week: Importance of augmenting decision-making with data The difference between data clarity and data chaos Compliance and risk activities, and how they can become enablers of growth Market trends Today’s podcast episode was made possible by our partnership with Moody’s Analytics. Moody’s Analytics Solutions for Third-Party Master Data As organizations search for ways to optimize their data management strategies, master data management (MDM) rises to the top as an effective, secure, and scalable solution. Third-party master data, when used in conjunction with an enterprise MDM system, enables an organization to control its data and unlock numerous financial and productivity growth opportunities. Moody’s Analytics provides master data, including firmographics, company size metrics, and corporate hierarchies. With industry-leading coverage of over 448 million entities across a broad range of entity types, our pre-mastered data is available via a wide range of applications, APIs and proprietary connectors to ensure seamless delivery to virtually any third-party or in-house data management system. For more information, click here.