Tag Archives: Data Services

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

January 25, 2012 – 7:30 am

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, [...]

By Ash Parikh | Posted in Big Data, Business/IT Collaboration, CIO, Customer Acquisition & Retention, Customers, Data Integration, Data Integration Platform, Data masking, Data Privacy, Data Quality, Data Services, Data Transformation, Data Warehousing, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Informatica 9.1, Informatica Events, Mainframe, Master Data Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, Operational Efficiency, Profiling, Real-Time, SOA, Vertical | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

What it Takes to Be a Leader in Data Virtualization!

January 23, 2012 – 10:18 am

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, [...]

By Ash Parikh | Posted in Data Integration Platform, Data masking, Data Quality, Data Services, Data Transformation, Data Warehousing, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Services, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Healthcare, Informatica 9.1, Integration Competency Centers, Mainframe, Master Data Management, Mergers and Acquisitions, News & Announcements, Operational Efficiency, Pervasive Data Quality, Profiling, Public Sector, Real-Time, SOA, Telecommunications, Vertical | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Dodd-Frank Legislation and Structured Data Retention

November 21, 2011 – 12:11 am

The “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” has recently been passed by the US federal government to regulate financial institutions. Per this legislation, there will be more “watchdog” agencies that will be auditing banks, lending and investment institutions to ensure compliance. As an example, there will be an Office of Financial Research within [...]

By Informatica | Posted in Application ILM, Application Retirement, Big Data, Business Impact / Benefits, Business/IT Collaboration, CIO, Customer Acquisition & Retention, Customer Services, Customers, Data Governance, Data Services, Data Warehousing, Database Archiving, Enterprise Data Management, Financial Services, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Mainframe, Mergers and Acquisitions, Operational Efficiency | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Seven Essential Best Practices For Data Center Consolidation

November 1, 2011 – 5:44 am

Data center consolidation is much more than physical movement of servers and infrastructure.  In fact, the facility costs and power savings are just the tip of the opportunity. The biggest benefits come from using the consolidation initiative as a catalyst to rationalize the application portfolio, archive inactive data and establish one version of the truth [...]

By John Schmidt | Posted in Application ILM, Application Retirement, Cloud Computing, Data Integration, Data Quality, Data Services, Data Warehousing, Enterprise Data Management, Integration Competency Centers | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Loose Coupling Nirvana – Canonical Techniques Part 2

October 18, 2011 – 7:08 am

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 [...]

By John Schmidt | Posted in B2B, Data Governance, Data Integration, Data Services, Integration Competency Centers | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)