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    Loraine Lawson

    Loraine Lawson is a freelance writer specializing in technology and business issues, including integration, health care IT, cloud and Big Data.

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    Questions About Collecting Data on Humans via Sensors

    The Top Five Reasons Big Data Means Big Business in 2013 One of the major use cases for Big...

    Finding Help with Cloud Integration

    Cloud integration continues to be a big issue for companies, as recent research shows. But it isn’t always a...

    Is SOAP Extinction-Bound?

    Back in the old days — we’re talking, three, four years ago — there was a huge debate about...

    The Secret to Success with Big Data

    One of the exciting use cases for Big Data is its potential to help bring data together for analysis....

    The Next Evolution of Integration Tools

    When I first started to cover integration, it took me a long time to figure out the real difference...

    Playing in the Merger and Acquisition Majors with T-Ball-Level...

    There really should be some rule that if you’re going to play in the big leagues, you’ve got to...

    Welcome to Windows, Hadoop

    These days, there are so many vendor announcements related to Hadoop, I’ve given up keeping track of them all....

    Cloud Integration & SaaS Integration Growth

    One million cloud integrations a day: Dell Boomi recently announced its Atomsphere cloud-based platform has topped that milestone.While I’m...

    Seven Resources for Learning About Open Data

    I recently interviewed someone in the data/application integration space recently and asked for that person’s opinion on open data.He...

    Exploring the Potential of Open Data

    When I was a reporter, I had to file my fair share of open records requests — even when...

    Open Data: So Much Potential, So Little Progress

    While most organizations are still enamored with Big Data, there’s another major data disruption budding: Open Data.Saturday was International...

    No, Seriously, Hadoop Is NOT a Data Integration Solution

    Gartner analyst Merv Adrian picked up the “Hadoop is not a data integration solution” baton from fellow analyst Ted...