http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/ Industry expert Dave Linthicum tells you what you need to know about building efficiency into the information management infrastructure en Copyright 2011 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:18:14 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.21-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss If there is one thing I hear from SOA/EA architects out there is that it's difficult to get the design, development, and deployment teams focused on the data. The real fun seems to be in the services and processes,... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/02/making_data_integration_a_prio.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/02/making_data_integration_a_prio.php Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:18:14 +0000 davel Did you hear about SaaS BI? It's going to be exploding. "Mounting evidence suggests that in 2010, the hottest segment in BI (business intelligence) software will revolve around offerings delivered from the cloud, thanks to increased product sophistication, strained... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/02/saas_bi_growing.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/02/saas_bi_growing.php Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:21:26 +0000 davel I loved this Information Management article by J. Brooke Aker talking about the links organizations can make between the semantic Web and MDM. "MDM requires extensive understanding of business terminology and the context and importance of data. Furthermore, much... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/linking_mdm_and_the_semantic_w.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/linking_mdm_and_the_semantic_w.php Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:40:06 +0000 davel Normal.dotm 0 0 1 325 1856 BML 15 3 2279 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/bi_continues_to_be_a_priority.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/bi_continues_to_be_a_priority.php Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:58:08 +0000 davel Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/fighting_terrorism_with_data_g.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/fighting_terrorism_with_data_g.php Sat, 09 Jan 2010 12:44:32 +0000 davel Who would have thought that BI would have a downside? However, like any powerful tool you can do good with it, or bad. While the idea behind business intelligence is to cull the right information from billions of individual... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/the_truth_about_bi_and_privacy.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2010/01/the_truth_about_bi_and_privacy.php Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:08:24 +0000 davel Those who are charged maintaining data already understand the need for data governance, but few actually practice it well. Why? It's really a matter of priorities really. Budgets and understanding best practices come to mind, as does the need... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/three_reasons_why_you_need_dat.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/three_reasons_why_you_need_dat.php Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:39:39 +0000 davel I think these are mandatory at this point, so here are mine. Forgive me. More consolidation in the data integration world. Most of the data integration companies have been around for a long time, and they are either huge... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/4_data_integration_predictions.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/4_data_integration_predictions.php Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:33:54 +0000 davel In most cases Data Integration has to be sold within the enterprise. Indeed, if you're doing Data Integration right, you'll find that the cost quickly goes well into the millions. Thus you'll need executive approval for that kind of... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/how_to_sell_data_integration.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/how_to_sell_data_integration.php Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:41:05 +0000 davel I can tell when Gartner releases a "Magic Quadrant" because I get a dozen or so e-mails from vendors wanting me to know how well they did. "We're leaders." "We're visionaries." I get it. Of course, this week the "Magic... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/magic_quadrant_for_data_integr.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/12/magic_quadrant_for_data_integr.php Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:21:53 +0000 davel Mike Vizard over on CTO Edge states what he's thankful for in 2009. This includes a list of technologies that you would expect, such as cloud computing and virtualization, but also includes Business Intelligence Applications. "Business Intelligence Applications: There are... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/lets_be_thankful_for_business.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/lets_be_thankful_for_business.php Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:30:38 +0000 davel To gather information specific to an entity, for understanding our data, we need to leverage different resources to identify individual entities, which vary widely from each physical information store. For instance, when leveraging a relational database, entities are identified... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/considering_vertical_ontologie.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/considering_vertical_ontologie.php Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:01:57 +0000 davel Informatica 9 was released this week, something that I've been watching very closely. What's unique about this release is that it's really a trend setting technology in how we're going to address data integration going forward. 9 provides one-stop-shopping for... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/informatica_9_the_rise_of_the.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/informatica_9_the_rise_of_the.php Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:28:55 +0000 davel The emerging number of Web APIs out there, and how to leverage them for mashups or other applications as data-as-a-service resources. This is the most exciting and interesting area of the emerging Web right now, and the more you understand... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/why_web_api_directories_cloud.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/why_web_api_directories_cloud.php Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:50:10 +0000 davel Editor's Note: This question is being asked on the ebizQ Forum right here. Interesting article by Korhan Yunak discussing the creation of a BI strategy within the enterprise, and the core drivers behind it. In essence, while there are many... http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/who_needs_a_business_intellige.php http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/linthicum/2009/11/who_needs_a_business_intellige.php Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:05:18 +0000 davel