Tag Archives: data stage

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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YouTube video on better business practices

Just published another YouTube video segment from the Top 10 reasons to choose expressor series. Click below to see expressor’s CEO and president Bob Potter provide an industry veteran’s perspective on the business practices of enterprise software vendors. And click here to download a copy of the Top 10 brochure. – Steve Casey, marketing

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YouTube video on lifecycle management for data integration

Just published another YouTube video segment from the Top 10 reasons to choose expressor series. Click below to see Rick Barton of Emunio Consulting talking about lifecycle management for data integration projects. And click here to download a copy of the Top 10 brochure. – Steve Casey, marketing

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Buying the farm

Couldn’t resist jumping into the Ab Initio discussion over on IT Toolbox. Click here to catch up and feel free to join in. – john russell, chief scientist and co-founder

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why business users need to have a seat at the table

Have you ever had an ETL developer explain to you what exactly the business problems are that their non-technical (business) counterparts need to solve and you’ll get a bunch of answers, some true, some made up on the fly, and some based on tidbits of information they got from various people on the project. You [...]

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data integration software pricing gone crazy

I was talking to one of our prospective customers the other day and was reminded again how addictive it is to fall into the enterprise software pricing trap, which is all about extorting every possible dollar out of a client’s IT budget so that the vendor can continue with its outdated and outrageous business model. [...]

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YouTube video on systems integrators and data integration

Just published another YouTube video segment from the Top 10 reasons to choose expressor series. Click below to see Robert Scott of Acxius Strategic Consulting talking about the importance of systems integrators to successful data integration projects. And click here to download a copy of the Top 10 brochure. – Steve Casey, marketing

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YouTube video on data integration TCO

Just published another YouTube video segment in the Top 10 reasons to choose expressor series, featuring Dr. David Waddington of The Information Difference exploring how next-generation data integration solutions can lower users’ total cost of ownership. And click here to download a copy of the Top 10 brochure. – Steve Casey, marketing

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Bloor Research recommends expressor software

The independent industry analysis firm Bloor Research has published an “InDetail Report” on expressor software, its place in the industry and the capabilities of the expressor semantic data integration system. Here’s a small excerpt from the report’s conclusion: “Anyone needing to process high volumes of data and/or needing to support complex processes should immediately put [...]

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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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