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May 21, 2012

Cattle, Fraud and Integration: Big Data for the Rest of Us

When was the last time you saw a cloud offering based on heads of cattle served?   Never, right? That’s because, by and large, technology doesn’t target farms.   Enter Farmeron — a SaaS so... More >

May 15, 2012

IT Leaders: Time to Study Up on Real-Time Data Integration

Companies are starting to really explore the business use for real-time data integration. The most recent TDWI study (2011) on data integration found IT leaders rated real-time fourth in a list of po... More >

May 14, 2012

Free Report Shows Businesses Fed Up with Bad Data

How do most businesses handle master data? Many don’t, if the 163 organizations surveyed by Aberdeen Research are any indication, which found 45 percent had no formal master data management (MDM) sys... More >

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The Logic and Value of a Tiered Archive

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May 11, 2012

CIOs Get More Options as Cloud Computing Goes Open Source

CIOs, CEOs and other executives must have a lot of questions about cloud computing, and I’m not sure there are actually good answers right now when it comes to portability and integration.   For... More >

May 10, 2012

How CIOs Can Create an Enterprise Integration Strategy

IT integration is simple. Developing a holistic integration strategy is the hard part, whether CIOs are dealing with data, systems, applications or the cloud.   But the payoffs, experts say, are... More >

May 9, 2012

When Cloud Meets Big Data Analytics: Big Data Apps

The hip CIO crowd (yes, apparently, they exist) says cloud and virtualization are so 2011. What’s innovative and hip now are big data and mobile, according to a recent Constellation Research survey o... More >

May 8, 2012

Trial Could Alter Use of Open APIs and Impact ... Well, Everything

Other topics may be more trendy, but when it comes to real progress, it's all about the API.   Seriously. Whether you’re talking SaaS or mobile, integration or Angry Birds , it’s going to boil ... More >

May 7, 2012

IBM Banks on Integration for Recent Middleware Release

Social collaboration? Check.   Managing APIs? Check.   Mobile support? Check.   Integration with other hot enterprise solutions? You betcha.   IBM’s new WebSphere Application Serv... More >

May 4, 2012

Better than 'The Office': How IT Leader and the Cloud Helped Paper Company

On "The Office," someone is always trying to revitalize the business and make the small paper distributor profitable.   I haven’t seen it in a while, but maybe they need to appoint a head of IT ... More >

May 2, 2012

Just the Stats: Master Data Management

Master data management (MDM) is quickly becoming a must-have, particularly in regulated industries. That’s in large part because MDM is tied to effective information governance.   MDM is a way t... More >

May 1, 2012

Marrying Process with Master Data: An Example

Now that companies have more or less embraced master data management as an important program, some are looking at how MDM can be combined with other initiatives to create something even bigger and be... More >

April 27, 2012

Four MDM Stumbling Blocks

My daughter learned a long time ago not to ask, “Are we there yet?” on long car rides, because when she did, no matter where we were, we’d respond, “Absolutely. Let’s all get out of the car.”   ... More >

April 26, 2012

What's Up — or Not — in Cloud Standards

There’s just no denying that cloud standards would be a good thing for most of us. Standards would make lock-in less likely by making it easier to take your data ball and go home if you wanted — or g... More >

April 25, 2012

The Proliferating Use of ESBs: Smart Integration or Outdated Approach?

The original idea for an ESB was sort of like a train: You have lots of messages, why not use an ESB to shuttle them all from here to there?   The reality is a bit different. Instead of one trai... More >

April 24, 2012

Amazon's Competitive Advantage in New Venture? SOA

Remember when SOA was all the rage? And then it turned up dead and some other stuff happened, and the next thing you know, SOA talk gave way to cloud and Big Data and all that stuff?   Well, the... More >

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