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 [...]

Open Data: It’s the newest buzzword. Open data refers to the ability to expose strategic enterprise data assets for use inside or outside of the enterprise. “Whereas ‘big data’ will make organizations smarter, open data will be far more consequential for increasing revenue and business value in today’s highly competitive environments…” This, according to Gartner, [...]

Data integration is all about the technology, right?  Wrong.  As most in IT can tell you, making data integration work within most enterprises is more about working the people than the middleware.  Here is a quick guide for a few things you should focus on to make your data integration project a success. Your first [...]

I was very pleased to see that Pervasive’s recent Integration World conference included new thought leadership from Pervasive around Big Data, including analytics and integration.  The idea that you don’t need to adjust your data integration approaches and technology to accommodate Big Data gets many enterprises in trouble these days.  Indeed, there are a few [...]

Data integration provides many opportunities, including the opportunity to touch data as it moves from place to place, system to system, database to database.  In many cases, I would suggest you leverage this ability to check both data integrity and data quality. Most data integration products support data quality operations, including the ability to manipulate [...]