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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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
There are a lot of data integration vendors out there – and I mean, a lot. So many, in fact, that choosing the right data-integration tool can be very confusing for organizations large and small, as... More >
There's one thing about integration that befuddles even the experts: Given the number of data-integration solutions available, why is hand-coding still the most common way to integrate? Philip... More >
Is now the time for real time? GigaOm analyst Sameer Patel thinks social networking and customer demand for real-time interaction will cause real time to be a priority for enterprises over the next ... More >
My degree is in English and came from a school that specialized in rhetoric. I learned long ago that an argument can be made for just about anything. So, while I can see how a case can be made for in... More >
I'm not into making predictions, but if I were, I think I would've predicted we'd hear a lot more about metadata this year. And if not this year, then the next. Actually, it's a pretty easy pr... More >
I've found good news for those of you interested in squeezing more value out of unstructured data trapped in content management systems. This year, several major ECM vendors will add support for a n... More >
Here's something to think about in case you find yourself snowed in this blustery month: Given the decade's shift toward the information-driven enterprise, is it time to give the data its due by empo... More >
David Linthicum has a plan to fix the federal government's data-integration problems . After all, data integration is easy, he writes in a recent Informatica blog post, so the key is planning and se... More >
Occasionally, I like to look at how a company is handling integration after a merger or acquisition. Oracle is the king of this beat, since the company has an aggressive acquisition strategy and tend... More >
A blog post on the Federal News Radio site raises an intriguing question about what role data integration – or the lack of it - played in the Christmas day attack on a Northwest Airlines flight. &nbs... More >
I remember when XML first came out. No really, I do. I made a half-hearted attempt to learn it before I lost interest. Let's just say it was one of many bad career decisions. So, I'm fe... More >
Technically, of course, open source refers to how you've licensed something – but legalities aside, the real point of this licensing – at least in the beginning – was to foster the more intriguing, a... More >
My favorite tech prediction for 2010 came from Software AG's vice president and chief strategist, Miko Matsumura, as reported by ZDNet's Dennis Howlett : “ Nothing (much) will happen .” Maybe it's b... More >
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