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 [...]

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 [...]

Many in IT don’t understand how much better data integration software has become in recent years, and how this technology is much more cost effective.  The close comparison would be the advances and cost reductions made in consumer electronics.  These days you can buy a 40” flat screen for about $400 from any Costco, when [...]