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Gartner Further Complicates Cloud and SaaS Integration with Multiple Distributed iPaaS Options

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By Hollis Tibbetts on February 1, 2012 2:16 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
About two weeks ago, Gartner Research released yet another research report on iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) "iPaaS Expands Beyond Cloud Service Integration Through Flexible Deployment Topologies". Rather than clarify the confusion surrounding iPaaS platforms, it jumbles things up... Read More..
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Damn the Gartner iPaaS, Full Speed Ahead on SaaS & Cloud Integration

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By Hollis Tibbetts on January 27, 2012 10:44 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Yesterday, I wrote in-depth about Gartner Research's recent iPaaS reports. My conclusion was that "in many ways, Gartner's iPaaS reference model (in all its complexity and ambitiously broad scale) is everything you DON'T need to know about Cloud Integration to... Read More..
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Where Do I Buy Gartner Research's iPaaS? Cloud & SaaS Integration Confusion

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By Hollis Tibbetts on January 26, 2012 11:20 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
What's an iPaaS and where can I get one? I've been reading the various reports from Gartner Research that have been coming out since early 2011 on this topic. To be perfectly straightforward, Gartner's lengthy iPaaS reports leave me a... Read More..
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Crowdsourcing - A Solution to your "Bad Data" Problems

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By Hollis Tibbetts on January 25, 2012 1:37 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Data problems - whether they be inaccurate data, incomplete data, data categorization issues, duplicate data, data in need of enrichment - are age-old. IT executives consistently agree that data quality/data consistency is one of the biggest roadblocks to them getting... Read More..
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Fixing a $3 Trillion Dirty Data Problem with "Crowd Computing"

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By Hollis Tibbetts on January 22, 2012 12:55 PM 0 0 Vote 1 Vote
Yes.  "Crowd Computing", not "Cloud Computing".  That wasn't a typo. Bad data is a big problem.  An enormously expensive problem.  At this point, most people should be nodding their head - just as if I had said something obvious and true... Read More..
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Cloud-based Application Integration Gains Momentum with "iApps"

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By Hollis Tibbetts on January 19, 2012 12:33 PM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
Real-time application integration is picking up speed in the Cloud.  MuleSoft and Zuora just made a significant announcement on this front - one that validates the need for Cloud-based Application Integration, and shows that market is gaining momentum. Reading between the lines,... Read More..
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Cloud Data Integration: Real-Life Experiences and Best Practices

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By Hollis Tibbetts on December 20, 2011 9:53 AM 0 0 Vote 1 Vote
I took advantage of an opportunity to listen in on a panel discussion sponsored by Data Integration heavyweight Informatica. Hosted by THINKstrategies' Jeff Kaplan, with panelists from Astadia, D&B, Informatica and PSA Financial Services.The panel discussion and the slides will... Read More..
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2012 - The Year Cloud Analytics Takes Off

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By Hollis Tibbetts on December 15, 2011 10:21 AM 0 0 Vote 0 Votes
2012 will be the year that Cloud Analytics hits pay dirt. Increasingly - and at an accelerating rate, data and applications are moving to the Cloud, and the old-fashioned on-premises Business Intelligence stacks are going to be supplanted by a... Read More..
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Cloud Data Integration - Bigger, Better, Faster and More Important in 2012

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By Hollis Tibbetts on December 14, 2011 3:57 PM 1 0 Vote 1 Vote
I took advantage of an opportunity to listen in on a panel discussion sponsored by Data Integration heavyweight Informatica. Hosted by THINKstrategies' Jeff Kaplan, with panelists from Astadia, D&B, Informatica and PSA Financial Services, this interactive discussion reviewed the state... Read More..
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Application Integration in the Cloud - Finally Here

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By Hollis Tibbetts on December 12, 2011 9:41 AM 2 1 Vote 1 Vote
Cloud-based Data Integration has been available for quite some time. But Cloud-based Application Integration (Cloud-based EAI) is a new arrival. Vendors like SnapLogic and Boomi helped lead the charge into that Cloud-based Data Integration space, and heavyweights such as Informatica... Read More..
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This blog offers an informed and informative perspective on next-generation integration and the ongoing explosion of technologies, data and applications. The ultimate goal: turning the problems caused by this explosion into assets and competitive advantages.

Hollis Tibbetts

Hollis has developed substantial expertise in middleware, data management and distributed application technologies, such as data and application integration, databases, SOA, and Cloud, with over 20 years experience in technical, product management and product marketing roles at leading companies such as Pervasive, Aruna (acquired by Progress Software), Sybase (now SAP), webMethods (now Software AG), M7 Corporation (acquired by BEA/Oracle), OnDisplay (acquired by Vignette) and KIVA Software (acquired by Netscape). He has extensive writing experience, having authored a large number of technology white papers, as well as published media articles and book contributions. Hollis can be reached at hollis [at] softwareanalyst.net or at http://www.softwaremarketingexperts.com. He is a featured writer at SocialMediaToday.com and also writes at Sys-Con Media: http://HollisTibbetts.sys-con.com

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