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data integration – beyond the trough of disillusionment

A hype cycle is a graphic representation of the maturity, adoption and business application of specific technologies. The term was coined by Gartner and below is a graphical view of it: 2010 is the year of the cloud and we are clearly at the peak of inflated expectations.  So I was rather surprised to see [...]

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keeping it real — cloud computing and active data warehousing

We’ve been talking for a while with a prospect interested in data integration delivered through the cloud, and the solution we’re working on is a practical implementation of the “active data warehouse” philosophy. I like how InformationWeek’s Richard Martin once described the whole concept, paraphrasing Teradata’s Stephen Bropst, as: ” ‘activating’ the data in storage [...]

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More 2009 predictions and data integration

Noticed a couple of interesting blog posts in the past few days in on trends for ’09. First is from Vincent McBurney on IT Toolbox, whose top trends for BI in ’09 is a compilation of the “predictions” from a number of pundits across the industry spectrum. Top on the list is cloud computing (10 [...]

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timing is everything — 2009 data integration predictions

More on Gartner — this time their predictions for the data integration market in 2009 and beyond, issued December 12th. True to form, this report provides more than a dozen pages of detailed analysis, but I think the biggest takeaways are that: • companies need to use DI to more strategically manage their data if [...]

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the silver lining in cloud computing?

So here it is, 2009. What is the hottest topic of the year, besides expressor software? Cloud computing. I thought the VM charge-for-usage model died in the early nineties, but we found a new way to sell it and guess what? It is good. Don’t get me wrong, I am still skeptical this is just [...]

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