Those who recast their careers in the data integration space typically get there by accident.  They get tasked to create a data integration strategy within their organization, or they are tossed some data integration technology.  Once they run with it, another data integration subject matter expert is born. The path to develop your “mad data [...]

Many don’t consider performance when they design and deploy a data integration solution, but they should.  Typically misunderstood is the fact that data integration is a holistic solution with many links in a chain.  The data integration engine is only one link.  Thus, the performance of any data integration solution is typically limited by its [...]

When I work on projects that call for data integration, I have to fight the urge to jump right into things.  The technology has come a long way in the last 10 years, but it still pays to take a few steps back and focus on the overall data integration architecture and plan.  While many [...]

Calxeda has gotten a lot of coverage over the last few days about their strategic partnerships, and being within a year of generally available ARM-based servers (Austin American Statesman, Channel Register, GigaOm, MSP News). One of the partners they announced is the company that I work for, Pervasive Software, which makes Pervasive DataRush™, a revolutionary [...]

I’m often asked why data integration projects fail or succeed.  The truth is that the technology has gotten so much better in the last 10 years that there is really no excuse why data integration is not a part of your infrastructure.  Given the business value, it is almost always easy to justify the technology [...]