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Almost daily, I share stories about the troubles and tribulations caused by integration.There's just no shortage of examples of business strategies thwarted, business processes stalled and business o... More >
Sometimes, analysts, consultants and other experts enjoy a good argument over semantics. They like to get into disagreements over nuances. If you asked them, they'd tell you these seemingly academic ... More >
Whenever Greek playwrights managed to put their heroes into too-tight-spots, they would rescue the hero through the deus ex machina , literally, god from a machine – a reference to a deity appearing... More >
I don’t know why people are always talking about the need for electronic health records (EHRs). Where I live, we have a very effective system: Me, driving around getting hard copies of my patient re... More >
Craig Roth recently wrote what has to be one of the best lines about business technology -- at least from an integration perspective -- that I've ever read: In the real universe, the grand unificatio... More >
One of the more frustrating problems with master data management is that “master data” isn't always easily defined. You would think this would be a no-brainer – it's data about the customer and produ... More >
Did you know you could use clear nail polish to keep an eyeglass screw in place, deter rust stains in the bathroom or seal an envelope that's lost its stickiness? I didn't either, although, after re... More >
One of the more exciting business developments these days is the potential for buying and sharing data via the cloud. I'm not talking about your product catalog, I'm talking about obtaining data that... More >
One of the major and oft-repeated predictions this year was that there would be a slew of mergers and acquisitions in the tech sector. While I don’t have the information to compare this year agains... More >
Last week, when I wrote about Microsoft's foray into master data management, I admit I wasn't impressed - and I didn't think the analyst reports were either. After all, this is Microsoft , so it's h... More >
It seems companies are interested in applying master data management beyond the typical master data domains of customer and product data. According to a recent survey by The Information Difference, c... More >
There's precious little written about Microsoft's foray into master data management. I suppose it's because Microsoft's solution is built on its acquisition of Stratature, and as Forrester's Rob Kar... More >
If statistics are any indication, SOA seems to be settling down and achieving the sort of acceptance of what's truly possible – and what's not – that comes with maturity. Joe McKendrick recent... More >
Obviously, integration is a huge issue with mergers and acquisitions. From e-mail to ERP, IT divisions get a hefty to-do list after any merger. On top of that, CIOs are often the last to hear... More >
I've written stories in the past about the two flavors of master data management – analytical, or and operational. These are both terms you'll hear frequently, and back in 2009, quoting a 2006 Intel... More >
It seems to me there's more discussion about enterprise architecture this year, and not just more discussion, but a more mature view, with more being published in the tech press that's written by act... More >
Data governance is one of those IT necessities that everybody talks about, but few people want to do. Frankly, it's been my experience that anything “governance” generates as much excitement as a ro... More >
Everyone's more or less familiar with the psychological term “co-dependent.” Although you might not get the real definition right, you know the popular connotations – overly dependent, needy, submiss... More >
Stories about semantic technology are a bit like owning a flying car: We keep hearing about how great it could be and one day will be, but do you actually know anyone who has done it? While th... More >
Gartner released its new Magic Quadrant for Data Quality tools. Normally, this being an integration blog, this would be iffy territory for me, but as the report explains, “the trend of convergence” m... More >
Recently, I interviewed David Lyle and John G. Schmidt, authors of a new book, “ Lean Integration: An Integration Factory Approach to Business Agility .” Both men work for Informatica, and Schmidt ha... More >
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