Tag Archives: IDC

Achieving IT Efficiency Through Consolidation And Legacy Application Retirement In Banking And Capital Markets

One of the top challenges among financial firms of all sizes is how to efficiently manage information within their organization in the face of explosive data growth.  More and more data needs to be retained for a longer period to meet regulatory compliance.  At the same time, they need to meet customer SLAs.  The wave [...]

Cloud Integration: Wilford Brimley, The Achilles Heel And One Big Buzzkill

Recently Dave Linthicum has been writing more and more about the importance of data integration to cloud computing success. A few months ago he wrote about the integration challenges of cloud computing, which made me wonder if he was becoming the Wilford Brimley of the cloud reminding us all to eat our oatmeal. Earlier this [...]

What’s In A Data Integration Cloud?

Data Integration: Your Cloud Strategy’s Silver Lining?? Earlier this year, IDC projected that, “by the end of 2009, 76% of U.S. organizations will use at least one SaaS-delivered application for business use” and that “the percentage of U.S. firms which plan to spend at least 25% of their IT budgets on SaaS applications will increase [...]