Category Archives: B2B
Loose Coupling Nirvana – Canonical Techniques Part 2
To continue from my prior blog article on this topic, loose coupling between applications in an enterprise portfolio is an IT architect’s dream. If two or more applications are tightly coupled, then it becomes impossible to change or enhance one without impacting the other. Loosely coupled applications on the other hand can be enhanced independently with little or no impact on other systems. The net result is the ability to rapidly change the IT portfolio in response to business opportunities. In short, organizational agility becomes a competitive weapon. But is this dream achievable or is it only wishful thinking? (more…)
Start Running Because The Data Tsunami Is Approaching
The phrase ‘Data Tsunami’ has been used by numerous authors in the last few months and it’s difficult to find another suitable analogy because what’s approaching is of such an increased order of magnitude that the IT industries continued expectations for data growth will be swamped in the next few years.
However impressive a spectacle a Tsunami is, it still wreaks havoc to those who are unprepared or believe they can tread water and simply float to the surface when the trouble has passed.
Why You Need to Re-think Implementing An Integrated Customer Service Hub
In the evolution of Billing ‘thinking’ for Telcos we’ve seen everything from ‘All you can eat’ offers to ‘Another coin in the slot’. But this perennial business process black-hole can prove to be an area that can add to a Telcos armory in retaining and keeping happy its corporate customers. Not only this but following on from lessons learnt by the Financial Services community it can provide early warnings of customer, partner and service exposure, significant benefits to any organisations Revenue Assurance efforts.
The Integrated Customer Service Hub has evolved to allow customers, frequently the high value corporate organisations, on-line access firstly to Billing information then expanding to encompass other operational data such as new service orders and provisioning data, trouble tickets and service usage data. Increasingly customers are requiring being more in control of their services and so the hub has further evolved to allow customer self-servicing allowing them to place orders and receive information in the format that works for them not just their telecommunications service supplier. (more…)
Can Big Data Re-energize Our Sluggish Economy?
A couple of months back, the McKinsey Global Institute published a defining paper on the role of Big Data in business. What I like about this particular report is not that it gnashes teeth about the huge volumes of Big Data and how we are going to manage and store it – very legitimate concerns at this point, by the way – but what kinds of opportunities for innovation and business growth Big Data represents. And the opportunities far outweigh any costs for harnessing or taming Big Data.
Four Canonical Techniques That Really Work (Or Not)
Several years ago I had the fortunate opportunity to participate in a post-mortem study of a $100 million dollar project failure. No one likes to be associated with a project failure, but in this case it was fortunate since the size of the write-off was large enough that it forced the team to take a very hard look at root causes and not just do a cursory analysis. As a result we finally got to the heart of a challenge that has been plaguing data architects and designers for 20 years – how to effectively use canonical data models. (more…)
Why Is Reference Data A Big Issue Today?
Karen Hsu shares why reference data is a big issue today and how Informatica helps customers better manage risk and comply with new regulation.
For additional research on reference data trends, see the following report from Aite Group:
Reference Data Acquisition Challenges: Getting it Right From the Start
SIFMA 2011 Wrap-Up
Upon reflection after returning with the rest of the Ultra Messaging® team from the recently-concluded SIFMA 2011 Financial Services Technology Expo, these memories came flooding back . . .
- Grow your business, not your infrastructure – We shared the latest news about our ultra low latency messaging products and how they help a business grow, including helping with Big Data problems and Risk and Compliance.
- Latest and greatest – Along with EMC and Kaazing, we shared the latest about our synergistic technologies. Watch this Kaazing video to hear Mike Pickett, VP of Product Marketing for Ultra Messaging, discuss the synergies with Kaazing WebSockets and Ultra Messaging for scaling streaming message data out to mobile devices and other web applications. (more…)
Business Intelligence Is Hot, And Here Are Four Reasons Why It Will Get Even Hotter
Gartner released some not-too-shabby data on the state of the business analytics market, showing that this is one hot space right now. Worldwide business intelligence (BI) platform, analytic applications and performance management software revenue reached $10.5 billion in 2010, a 13.4% increase over the year before, the consultancy says.
BI and analytics have been hot for a long time, and consistently outpace general IT growth – even during the recent recession, as the rest of the market went into a deep but brief slump. As Gartner analyst Dan Sommer put it: “BI spending has far surpassed IT budget growth overall for several years, and it is clear that BI continues to be a technology at the center of information-driven initiatives in organizations.”
Part of the reason for last year’s surge is pent-up demand from the recent downturn, he relates. But there’s plenty more to the story. (more…)
What Does It Take To Be A Leading Player In Payments Integration?
Last Thursday, Aite Group, Capgemini and Informatica discussed why data integration was critical to the success of payment hubs. One of the questions from the audience was: who were the leading players? Capgemini responded that there are different segments of players– system integrators, payments application vendors, payments integration vendors. And each segment had a role in the success of a payments hub. But to say who is leading, you need to first look at what it takes to be a leader. Let’s look at what it takes for payments integration: (more…)
Cloud Data Integration For Hybrid IT
Today we made a significant announcement regarding our cloud strategy under the heading of “Cloud Data Integration for Hybrid IT”. Exciting! We sent out various official communications such as a press release, a list of partner quotes supporting the launch here, YouTube videos showing the new release in action and a link to a launch webinar on 5th May here. I wanted to give you my perspective on why I think this is such a big deal … (more…)
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