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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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    How Does Santa Manage Data?

    “I seriously doubt Santa checks his naughty-nice list twice,” former Forrester analyst and current IBM Big Data Evangelist James...

    Mix and Match IT?

    Roel Castelein recently took a look at Gartner’s top 10 trends for 2013 and reached a disconcerting conclusion: Most...

    Data Quality Goes to Washington: A Path to Fix...

    Although I’m passionate about politics, I seldom mention it because, well, this is an IT blog. And I think...

    A Two-Prong Plan for Better Data-Driven Leadership

    I am something of a compulsive researcher, which is not a bad trait for either an English major or...

    The Business Potential of the Internet of Things Data

    Chris Murphy, editor of Information Week, this week asked IT pros to think more about the Internet of Things...

    Philadelphia’s Smart Approach to Open Data

    When I was a pavement-pounding beat journalist, I dealt with a lot of bureaucrats who couldn’t quite grasp the...

    What the Heck Is Hadoop, Anyway?

    By now, we’re familiar with the neat capabilities Hadoop stack brings to data. But it can still be confusing...

    Real-Time Data Integration Techniques

    In my previous post, I looked at federation, services and events as ways of achieving real-time data integration.TDWI’s Phillip...

    What’s Popular in Real-time Data Integration

    Given the demand for real-time data analytics, it’s not surprising that more organizations are investing in real-time data integration...

    How Big Data Will Show Companies the Money

    Seven Ways to Get Started With Big Data MapR’s CEO and Co-founder John Schroeder says that in the new...

    SOA Governance Morphing into API Management

    Here’s a safe prediction: You’ll be hearing more sales pitches about API management in the New Year.That’s a safe...

    ‘You’re Not My Friend Anymore!’ Turning Integration into a...

    I remember trying to explain to a PR person once that the whole point of the Web was the...