Newsletters Welcome, Guest Log In | Register
Blogs:

Loraine Lawson

Integration

Begin with business processes and then progress into leading-edge technologies

About this Blogger RSS

Subscribe

Sign up now and get the best business technology insights direct to your inbox.

  • Daily Edge
  • CTO Edge Update
  • Business Tools & Templates
  • Aligning IT & Business Goals
  • Maximizing IT Investments

February 9, 2010

Worlds Are Colliding! BPM, SOA and Managing the Cloud

These days, it's all about the services, whether they're internal with SOA or external with SaaS or somewhere in between with your own Web services. And increasingly the question isn't do you use ser... More >

February 7, 2010

Is Integration Becoming an Asset for the Cloud?

Integration may be shifting from a liability to a non-issue and possibly even an asset for SaaS and cloud computing.   Two things make me think this. First, it seems some companies are moving th... More >

February 5, 2010

Oracle's Plans for Java

Monday, I posted an overview of what analysts were saying about Oracle's plans for integrating Sun. Somehow, I missed one important aspect of that plan: Oracle's intentions for Java.   Oracle's ... More >

Virtual Workforce: The Key to Expanding the Business While Cutting Costs

This research report focuses on the growing trends around virtual workforces and examines three key initiatives to meet the challenges that a virtual workforce can generate.

Attend the Quest Virtual Event "SQL Server Training for DMVs"

On March 3, 2010, get SQL Server real-time expert advice and training at the Quest Virtual Event SQL Server Training for DMVs. No cost. No hassle. All education. Registration is free.

February 4, 2010

How Big Deals Affect MDM Competitors, Customers

Wow, it's been a busy year for master data management (MDM). And it's only February.   First, Talend releases its open source MDM solution , then Informatica buys Siperian , and this week, IB... More >

February 3, 2010

Competing on Collaboration: SAP Releases Wave, SharePoint-esque Tool

My husband works as a program analyst dealing primarily with SAP. He also spent the last year or two helping his company set up Sharepoint. This is probably nothing unusual. In fact, I suspect a lot ... More >

February 2, 2010

Informatica Buyout of Siperian Good News for MDM Shoppers

Recently, I interviewed Siperian's senior director of product marketing, Ravi Shankar, and the company's new VP of solutions & field marketing, Kirk Millet, about multi-domain master data managem... More >

February 1, 2010

Integration Key Component of Oracle's Market Strategy

Integration has long been something of a market strategy for Oracle. It's one thing to buy a company, but it's another thing to integrate it and, as Judith Hurwitz recently pointed out, Oracle deserv... More >

Open APIs Transforming Web into Integration Platform

An exceptional article in the January/February edition of Information Management Magazine, available online, is a must-read for both business and IT leaders, particularly if you're involved in receiv... More >

January 28, 2010

Data Integration Gone Wild

Data integration is running amuck.  It's involved in a bitter faction war over who controls it and there's so much demand, IT can't keep up, possibly leading to riots in the break room. What's more, ... More >

January 27, 2010

What You Need to Know About New Open Source MDM Offering

This week, Talend released its master data management solution, arguably the first open source MDM solution. I've been sifting through the news announcement and analysts blogs, and the buzz is positi... More >

January 26, 2010

Middleware Sales on Mend as Companies Pursue Improved Latency

Can middleware create a competitive advantage? The answer boils down to latency and which industry you're in. If you happen to be working for an organization that needs real-time latency, the right ... More >

January 25, 2010

More on the Data Integration and Terrorism Connection

The CEO of Informatica explains how the company's identity resolution software is being used by a “major European government” to combat terrorism in an interview published Friday by the Mercury Ne... More >

January 22, 2010

Consultant Says MDM Cuts IT Costs, but Is It Enough?

By now, everyone knows master data management is expensive – and by “expensive,” I mean as in millions of dollars. But can it actually save you money by reducing IT's costs? Mervyn Mooi, director of ... More >

January 21, 2010

Kraft, Cadbury Deal Means Major ERP Integration Work

This week, Kraft announced it had acquired Cadbury – you know, the chocolate egg company – for $19.5 billion. That's only mildly interesting, even if you like Cadbury eggs, which I do not, but what... More >

January 20, 2010

IT Should Push for More SaaS Integration, Interoperability Support

I recently interviewed Ilan Sehayek, CTO of the open-source data integration company Jitterbit. Jitterbit does a lot of cloud integration work, largely with Salesforce.com, and Sehayek said he'd noti... More >