Tag Archives: Data Federation

ANNOUNCING! The 2012 Data Virtualization Architect-to-Architect & Business Value Program

Today, agility and timely visibility are critical to the business. No wonder CIO.com, states that business intelligence (BI) will be the top technology priority for CIOs in 2012. However, is your data architecture agile enough to handle these exacting demands? In his blog Top 10 Business Intelligence Predictions For 2012, Boris Evelson of Forrester Research, [...]

What it Takes to Be a Leader in Data Virtualization!

If you haven’t already, I think you should read The Forrester Wave™: Data Virtualization, Q1 2012. For several reasons – one, to truly understand the space, and two, to understand the critical capabilities required to be a solution that solves real data integration problems. At the very outset, let’s clearly define Data Virtualization. Simply put, [...]

Next-Generation Data Virtualization Series Part 2 – Characteristics

So, where have I been since my last blog? Well, I have been working on our new Architect to Architect webinar series on data virtualization, which is very exciting for me as I get to rub shoulders (virtually speaking) with hundreds of industry architects. The interactive nature and record attendance at these webinars have made [...]

Data Virtualization Series Part 1 – What is it?

We have all heard of data federation and of late we have also been hearing how simple, traditional data federation often gets passed off as data virtualization. Let’s get back to basics and take a hard look at what the real need is. Data federation is not a new concept. When it first arrived on [...]

The “Business” Needs Critical Data “Now” – We Need The Next Generation Data Federation Technology “Yesterday!”

There is a lot of talk about using data federation, Enterprise Information Integration (EII) or data virtualization to deliver new data to the business, on-demand. However, do existing approaches cut it? I have been following the data integration space for many years now, and like many of you, I have wondered about the viability of [...]