5. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer usable program code executable to perform operations for identifying redundancy in databases and application systems, the computer program product comprising: computer usable program code for loading enterprise canonical data model meta data representative of an enterprise canonical data model into a meta data repository; computer usable program code for loading system-specific meta data representative of the databases and application systems into the meta data repository; computer usable program code for populating at least one individual system Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) matrix from the system-specific meta data; computer usable program code for mapping data elements of the system-specific meta data with data elements of the enterprise canonical data model meta data; computer usable program code for populating an enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix from the at least one individual system CRUD matrix and the mapping; computer usable program code for analyzing the enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix to identify redundancy in the databases and application systems, wherein the computer usable program code for analyzing the enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix further comprises grouping similar entries in the enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix according to a clustering algorithm; and computer usable program code for generating a report of at least one of redundancy and opportunities for consolidation in the databases and application systems.
5. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer usable program code executable to perform operations for identifying redundancy in databases and application systems, the computer program product comprising: computer usable program code for loading enterprise canonical data model meta data representative of an enterprise canonical data model into a meta data repository; computer usable program code for loading system-specific meta data representative of the databases and application systems into the meta data repository; computer usable program code for populating at least one individual system Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) matrix from the system-specific meta data; computer usable program code for mapping data elements of the system-specific meta data with data elements of the enterprise canonical data model meta data; computer usable program code for populating an enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix from the at least one individual system CRUD matrix and the mapping; computer usable program code for analyzing the enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix to identify redundancy in the databases and application systems, wherein the computer usable program code for analyzing the enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix further comprises grouping similar entries in the enterprise canonical model CRUD matrix according to a clustering algorithm; and computer usable program code for generating a report of at least one of redundancy and opportunities for consolidation in the databases and application systems. 10. The computer program product of claim 5 , further comprising computer usable program code for generating a report of at least one of redundancy and opportunities for consolidation in the databases and application systems.