Tag Archives: Data Integration

Social Media Monitoring with CEP, pt. 2: Context As Important As Sentiment

When I last wrote about social media monitoring, I made a case for using a technology like Complex Event Processing (“CEP”) to detect rapidly growing and geospatially-oriented social media mentions that can provide early warning detection for the public good (Social Media Monitoring for Early Warning of Public Safety Issues, Oct. 27, 2011). A recent [...]

Lean Architecture

Lean management practices have been applied in recent years to virtually all business functions and processes, including of course Lean Integration.  IT architecture is no exception. But what exactly does a Lean Architecture look like and how could you measure its “leanness”?  Since there is no generally accepted definition lean architecture, and since I won’t [...]

Validating Data for Production Environments

The BBC published a news story where a teacher in India looked at his bank account expecting to see a balance of $200 only to find that the balance shown was $9.8 billion (480 billion rupees).  Imagine that surprise! These types of stories appear in the news on a regular basis, and the question they raise is [...]

Informatica Positioned in the Recent Gartner Magic Quadrant for MDM

Gartner recently published its annual Magic Quadrant for Master Data Management of Customer Data Solutions, which “positions MDM of customer data solution vendors (and their products) on the basis of their Completeness of Vision relative to the market and their Ability to Execute on that vision.” The growth of MDM market has been phenomenal – [...]

New Year Resolutions

It’s that time again – time to reflect on the previous 12 months and make resolutions for change in the upcoming year. For me personally, the usual suspects apply: eat better, exercise more often, and spend quality time with the family. I’m happy to say that although there is always more that can be done, [...]