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On any given week, I find a collection of announcements, news and commentary that don't quite provide enough oomph for a full post. Some can literally be summed up by a single sentence or quote. &nbs... More >
Recently I interviewed Rick Nucci, the CTO and founder of Boomi. He was explaining the spring crop of updates to Boomi's Atomsphere and a new offering called Connect.Boomi.com, a cloud integration b... More >
Is the tech market ripe for a slew of acquisitions? Certainly, that's been the case with master data management, but a recent InformationWeek column has me wondering if we might soon see som... More >
Oracle has unveiled three new offerings in the past week. Oracle's Enterprise Manager 11g was announced last week and is the company's entry into management products. Then on Monday, Oracle launched... More >
If you want to start small with master data management, you've got to start with a noun, says Evan Levy, a partner at Baseline Consulting and an instructor with The Data Warehousing Institute. &... More >
I don't play favorites when it comes to integration vendors. First, I'm a journalist at heart – it would be unprofessional. But perhaps more importantly, why would I? As my papaw used to say, I don't... More >
Everybody knows you can fit a square peg in a round hole without damaging either the peg or the hole – or both, right? Yet, that's often what's happening when you try to integrate third-party,... More >
I once was in charge of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet 's website. It was in the early days of the Internet, when businesses were becoming aware of the Internet as an e-brochure for the public ... More >
You always follow the money. Any journalist or TV detective can attest to the usefulness of this maxim. If you want to know who did it, who's behind it, and why, follow the money. That's exa... More >
I'm no analyst, but I've observed the ebbs and flows of the technology marketing hype cycle for nearly 10 years now. I have to say, semantic technologies may have one of the slowest hype cycles since... More >
There's a lot of focus on master data management tools lately, mostly because the market is in full-tilt consolidation mode, but also because it's IT's nature to look at technology. That's why it's c... More >
The news is grim on electronic health records (EHR). A recent Harvard study, published in the April issue of Health Affairs , revealed that hospitals with e-health records systems aren't doing tha... More >
When it comes to business intelligence (BI), can you guess the top complaint from businesses and users? That's right: integration. Big surprise, huh? To be more specific, the top... More >
Cloud computing is, like, this big thing now. And obviously, I write about the integration challenges quite a lot on this blog, because it's, like, this big thing now. And also, it gives me a break f... More >
Here's the ugly truth about integration: The best way to solve your integration hassles is to settle on one vendor. Of course, it won't come without sacrifice. You might be trading the best-in... More >
Every month, The Data Warehousing Institute offers either great research or webinars which, of course, makes them one of my favorite resources. This month, they're offering both. TDWI s... More >
When it comes to SaaS integration, Salesforce is proving once again why it's king of the hill. Last week, IT Business Edge's Mike Vizard shared that Salesforce published an e-book on " Connect... More >
Experts repeatedly tell me that one of the biggest barriers to removing data silos isn't the technology – it's the politics. While people like information to be shared with them, they seldom like to ... More >
It's spring, and for the next two months in my town, everyone will be obsessed with two things: Flowers and The Kentucky Derby . Everybody loves a good race, and let me tell you, it's two of the bes... More >
I often hear that many problems aren't really technical problems, but business problems, even when it comes to something that seems as technical as data integration. Of course, it's not that simple. ... More >
The experts always add a lot of addendums and explanations whenever anyone says it, but by now we all know that one of the main drivers for service-oriented architecture is to simplify integration, p... More >
Should you buy into SAP's MDM solution? What about the German-based company's data integration tools? Well, it depends, according to Forrester : Are you already an SAP shop? Is your IT landscape h... More >
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