Seven Keys to Data Virtualization Success

IT teams responsible for data integration may consider applying seven secrets practiced by their enterprise counterparts to make their own advanced data virtualization projects and architectures successful. The secrets, from Composite Software Executive Vice President of Marketing Robert Eve, aren’t vague recommendations; they’re proven tactics employed by companies like Pfizer Inc., Deutsche Bank and Dell.

Click through the slideshow to familiarize yourself with the seven secrets, and then be sure to read Robert’s article, “Seven Secrets to Data Virtualization Success,” for more details on how to overcome complexity in your company’s data virtualization systems.

Click through to learn more about Composite Software’s tips on successful implementation.

Pfizer, Inc. uses data virtualization to ‘say yes’ to new business requests, typically delivering data for new reports in hours or days instead of weeks or months.

Compassion International intelligently combines five physical and virtual data integration solutions to bring greater agility and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) to its 150+ person IT team.

By taking a layered approach, Deutsche Bank decomposes complex problems such as huge data volumes in diverse application silos into manageable, yet well aligned components.

Dell and the U.S. Army successfully apply data standards to accelerate their enterprise-wide deployments and reduce TCO.

Powerful query optimization techniques speed queries for Wachovia’s investment managers and Nielsen’s research analysts.

Northern Trust and Qualcomm’s integration competency centers (ICCs) combine data virtualization, ETL and ESB tools to accelerate new development projects and reduce costs.

Rapid data virtualization ROI helps Comag reverse traditional funding approaches by paying for new data virtualization investments with the already delivered savings.