If integration and data management are not already part of your technology and IT operations strategy, they soon will be. The push towards digital transformation and the adoption and consumption of lightweight microservices, advanced analytics, etc. are demanding more from today’s platforms. At the heart of today’s modernization initiatives is cloud technology. A lot of... more
Of all the advantages of having a data warehouse in the cloud, the biggest advantage is that your data warehouse can be elastic. You can add or remove compute and storage as your demand grows and shrinks, as frequently as you need. Resizing with Amazon Redshift Amazon Redshift allows two major ways to resize your... more
According to Internet World Stats, as of June 2019, about 4.5 billion people in the world are connected to each other. I saw this first-hand during my recent trip to India. No matter where you are, you will see some form of connectivity. Even in the most poverty-stricken areas you will see satellite dishes strapped... more
Why It’s Time to Move Beyond the Integration Factory to an Integration Strategy and Enablement Team (ISET) What’s the right way to manage integration? It used to be that the answer was to build an “integration factory”— an in-house competency center with repeatable workflows and processes for data integration projects. But the factory model is... more
Every CIO of a large enterprise is thinking about their cloud strategy. Even if they are not moving to the cloud right now, they are most certainly planning for it at some time. Sometimes, it’s simply not feasible nor realistic for an enterprise to move everything to the cloud immediately and retire their existing infrastructure.... more
Good data, cloud computing, and agile, adaptable software: These are must-haves for any modern enterprise that wants to identify new paths and opportunities for growth, detect problems early on, and change directions as necessary based on business or market demands. Getting data is not the issue; most organizations have tons of data in their databases,... more
For many organizations, legacy systems running on-premises pose a “can’t live with them, can’t live without them” situation. They often can’t be moved to the cloud because of security requirements, data privacy regulations, or mission-critical status—but the business can’t run without them. The answer: Application modernization, the process of updating existing applications with modern features... more
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) has come a long way since it emerged in the late 2000s—and it’s not losing momentum. A cloud-based solution delivered as a software service, iPaaS provides a way to manage, develop, and integrate data and applications in the cloud. (For more on iPaaS and its benefits, check out our... more
Today, Microsoft announced an industry-first joint program with Informatica that provides customers with a free proof-of-value offer to help jumpstart one of the most business-critical and high ROI cloud modernization initiatives any company can undertake: modernizing to a cloud data warehouse. The success and growth of today’s enterprises is founded on the distinctive link between... more
“Data is our new currency. Whether it’s a video interview, a resume, or an email from an employee, there’s value in these data sources.” Filious Louis, Manager, BI Analytics, Kelly Services I couldn’t agree more. I believe that data is the trusted currency of business – and so do our customers. Leaders from every industry... more