A couple weeks ago, about a hundred of Pervasive’s EMEA-based partners, customers and industry analysts gathered to discuss best practices and trends around data integration – including, cloud, Big Data, and data quality – at IntegrationWorld-Europe, which took place at the fabulously modern Cumberland Hotel in London. The event included an informative keynote from EMA Vice President Shawn Rogers who [...]

I had an opportunity to hear and meet the CIO of a fascinating non-profit organization, called the Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX), at IntegratioNEXT.  MIX’s mission is to provide detailed financial and social information which enables microfinance institutions (MFIs), market facilitators, leading donor organizations and investors to make better investments in the segment of the population [...]

Even with the rapid evolution of today’s data integration tools, there is still plenty of room for skilled consultants to create powerful and innovative solutions to address specific industry requirements. A case in point is Astadia’s growing portfolio of industry-specific, vertical market data integration solutions built on the Pervasive DataCloud on-demand integration platform. Astadia is [...]

I enjoyed my time at the Pervasive IntegratioNEXT Conference held in early November 2010, specifically, the Conference’s focus on the two passions in my career, integration and cloud computing.  Related to both are the new and innovative products I learned about at the conference, such as Pervasive Data Integrator™ v10, Cloud Edition. The concept of [...]

I read an article yesterday by R “Ray” Wang on his Software Insiders Point of View blog: Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation, and while it’s an excellent article, and makes some good points, I took exception to the first line: Most Enterprise Software Vendors Fail To Deliver Innovation.  Hey, wait a minute.  [...]