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Data warehouse appliances are catching on because they're simpler to use and administer than the traditional data warehouse . They're also easier to scale. But that doesn't mean you get a pass on th... More >
If you want to understand the power of APIs in our increasingly cloud-oriented world, just look at Google Buzz. I won't blame you if you've forgotten what Buzz is because, despite it's name, i... More >
IBM is serious about integration – you can tell that from it's book-end deals this month. At the beginning of May, IBM acquired SaaS and appliance integration vendor Cast Iron , a privately-held com... More >
In a recent article, EAI and SOA expert David Linthicum proposes that we're about to see a new generation of data integration products . What does this mean for IT and users? It means product... More >
What's on tap for Master Data Management in the next five years? Plenty, it turns out, including more mergers and acquisitions, more support for data governance, and technologies and capabilities tha... More >
This year, I've heard a lot more about PaaS – platform as a service. Certainly, Salesforce's platform as a service has taken hold, with more people developing on that platform, and Google's been in t... More >
How many full-time equivalent staff does it take to maintain a master data management center? I know it sounds like a joke, but there's no punchline. However, the answer is at least five, according t... More >
I think it's safe to say that never in all the ages of this old earth have people produced so much data. There's already around 100 GB of data created for every single person on this planet – ... More >
Marty Colburn, CTO at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, explored the possibility of using cloud computing to supplement his on-premise infrastructure, but he found vendors were too skittis... More >
Composite Software just released a new version of its data virtualization platform. The news is still new, but I'm sure at some point someone will test drive its new functions and report back. ... More >
It's no secret that the military sometimes steals pages from the private sector – and vice versa – when it comes to technology. For instance, a video game, "America's Army," is now the U.S. Army'... More >
I really don't tend to think of data integration or management as a security issue. Certainly, data security is an issue, but it seems like – and indeed is almost always – treated as something comple... More >
It's hard to believe that Oracle's Larry Ellison actually once turned his nose up at the idea of acquiring a company, retorting, "We write software, we don't write checks." It's also hard to b... More >
As a tech journalist, I experienced some dark days when it came to SOA. When I came to integration, my last tech beat had been security, and even though I'd covered a wide swath of technologies and t... More >
“Brittleness” is hardly ever a good thing. Think about it – there's a long list of things you definitely don't want to be brittle: Nerves, bones, relationships, mortar. Brittleness is really only a g... More >
Did you know that 98 percent of Fortune 1000 companies are either considering, piloting or deploying unified communications projects? Neither did I, but that's the finding of a survey by the headset... More >
When SaaS first came on the scene as a viable and growing business option, appliances vendors jumped at the opportunity , repositioning their offerings as a safe and simple on-ramp to cloud services... More >
Earlier this week, when IBM acquired integration company Cast Iron, the chatter naturally fell to what IBM gained from this deal. I wrote about it , but afterward, different questions started ... More >
Data-integration spending in the financial sector will grow approximately 5 percent over the next two years, fueled primarily by data issues brought to light during the recent financial crisis, accor... More >
In my daily reading, the integration articles tend to focus on big, strategic initiatives – master data management, service-oriented architecture, data quality, software-as-a-service. These are all i... More >
Those in the know weren't surprised to hear IBM had acquired integration vendor Cast Iron. I, of course, was shocked. I don't have a good reason to be shocked. I guess my surprise stems from ... More >
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