Monthly Archives: November 2009

why does the market need yet another generation of data integration tools?

Last week I was asked the question why the market needs yet another generation of data integration tools when so many G2000 companies already have standardized on a “best-of-class” data integration solution from the likes of Informatica or IBM. This is a fair question but reminds me of a parallel when companies in the ’90s [...]

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A practitioner’s view on data integration worst practices

GMZ875RPMGWT In my last blog, I spoke about some of the best practices in data integration. Today, I’d like to briefly talk about some of the worst practices. These insights come again from Phil Watt, who was the keynote speaker at our Nov 19 webinar on affordable, end-to-end data integration lifecycle management. Paul stated that [...]

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SSIS customers have a choice – turbocharge your ETL with expressor

expressor for SSIS

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A practitioner’s view on data integration best practices

As part of last week’s webinar on end-to-end data integration lifecycle managment, Phil Watt from Emunio Consulting spoke about best practices in managing a data integration lifecycle based on his experiences as a senior data integration consultant who has worked on many ETL/DI projects over the years. Phil said that it is essential to have [...]

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changing the rules of the game

Over the past two weeks we briefed analysts at Gartner Group, Forrester Research and TDWI about our business coming off a strong quarter. End user customers looking for data integration solutions are fortunate to have these analysts. They are smart, work hard and really make an effort to understand IT challenges particularly as it relates [...]

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Re: ETL tools: Don’t Forget About the Little Dogs

Rick Sherman just published his latest article on “ETL tools: Don’t Forget About the Little Dogs” where he expressed his concern that potential buyers of ETL/DI tools are only looking at a small number of (established) players in the ETL marketplace and suggested that buyers should take a closer look at the new breed of [...]

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Is your company’s process of collecting and analyzing clinical trial study data too manual and time consuming?

Clinical trials play an important role in medical research to answer specific questions about vaccines or new therapies or new ways of using known treatments.  They are being conducted to determine whether new drugs or treatments are both safe and effective and are seen as being the fastest and safest way to find treatments that [...]

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after purchasing, please read the documentation

My first job out of college was working for a company that made what they called the “bag.” The “bag” was a cellular/GPS device designed to track parolees and warn when they might be doing something they should not. It was 1995 and I could not have asked for a better first job. The system [...]

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SSIS users positive about expressor

We’ve just returned from a very successful trip to the Pass Summit 2009, where we were gold sponsors and exhibitors at this premier Microsoft SQL Server conference. Overall we were very impressed with the quality of the audience and excited about speaking with dozens of SSIS users during our two-day exhibit. What we’ve found is [...]

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A new edition of Flow-Based Programming is in the works

Paul Morrison is writing a new edition of Flow-Based Programming.

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