Loraine Lawson

There are a lot of predictions about how Big Data will change things in the coming year. But the most unexpected trend prediction I’ve seen is that Big

A worldwide leader in semiconductor sales is experimenting with Linked Data as a way to integrate internal systems, according to a recent blog post. The

Even small companies can have Big Data needs. A recent Aberdeen Group report found small company demands for actionable data within one hour or real-time

I write a lot about master data management, but the sad truth is, most of the focus is on MDM solutions that revolve around customer data integration.

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I’m catching up on my reading this week and what did I discover but this piece by David Linthicum suggesting three data integration resolutions for 2013.

Gartner estimates that within two years, only 10-15 percent of businesses will take full advantage of Big Data. But that 10-15 percent will outperform

It’s a New Year, and for many of us, that means setting a New Year’s resolution or two.Personally, I prefer to set goals for the year, rather than taking

In some ways, every year is an integration year — and it pretty much has been since we started moving away from businesses running on one mainframe, I

Integration isn’t exactly a headline grabber like, say, IT security. You’re just not going to hear about an ETL process that didn’t run, causing worldwide

Yesterday, I explained why I think more data people and IT leaders should be involved with Twitter in 2013. Today, I’m following up with a look at some of

Many people think Twitter occupies the same space as Facebook — a place to share what you’re doing with family and friends. Most people seem to believe it