Monthly Archives: November 2008

they left rudolf out there — roles and data integration

I keep talking about roles. What better role to talk about than the person doing the data mappings in any data integration project. The data or business analyst is responsible for creating these two-dimensional specifications. The developer then takes the content and develops the integration solution, or so one would hope. The truth is that [...]

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failure — in football and data integration

I have been working on large-scale data integration projects and solutions for more than 14 years. Honestly, I have seen more failure than success. In fact, most of my career has been trying to salvage a third or fourth attempt on a large-scale project. It’s like being the kicker on a losing team brought into [...]

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the tyranny of low expectations

Recently I have been talking to a potential expressor customer about performance. What always concerns me is the low expectations with regard to performance that most people have in data integration. This customer is in the retail space and is a household name. They currently utilize the Informatica product to load an EDW on a [...]

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beyond etl

The word is getting out.

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tootsie role

I have a great idea. Let’s create a DI tool with a graphical user interface. Make it look deceptively simple to use and rush a group of people through training and set them loose on the data that runs our business. Now let’s sit back and watch the fireworks. Not the good old 4th of [...]

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