Craig Stedman at TechTarget had a very interesting article posted recently: “Big data growth increases data integration degree of difficulty.” In this article, Craig referred to a report published last December by IDC which estimated that the total count of data created or replicated worldwide in 2012 would add up to 2.8 zettabytes (ZB), [...]

Many organizations that have already deployed big data technology are now struggling to access, transform, and move data using conventional integration technology. Or, in many instances, they have no technology and are attempting to hand-code their way to success, which is never a good idea. As big data systems emerge, even data integration tasks once [...]

The role of CFO has been evolving into one that has the potential to act as an executive advisory hub for the entire enterprise. Most CFOs must now understand the entire business, both strategically and tactically. Functions such as IT frequently report into the CFO’s domain, and extensive cross-team collaboration occurs with sales, marketing, product [...]

While the reasons vary from enterprise to enterprise, most in IT must deal with new challenges now, and in the coming years.  These challenges include data compliance, the rise of cloud computing, and the emerging use of Big Data, just to name a few.  As existing challenges remain, and new challenges emerge, it’s time we [...]

For many decision-making scenarios, analytics are moving away from the traditional slower-moving BI of previous years. New kinds of analytics are emerging to handle accelerated challenges facing many enterprises where decisions must be made faster, and where a greater variety of data impacts the enterprise including complex data formats. In response to this emerging world [...]