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Reading Time: 4 minutes Some say that data is the new “black gold,” but I believe that just like crude oil, data has little value until you extract it, refine it, and put it to use. In this post, I will share some of…
Reading Time: 3 minutes As any data leader will tell you, it is impossible to derive any value from data unless it is accessible and reliable, regardless of where the data resides. Unfortunately, organizations are far from achieving this goal, because their data is…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Enterprises are under pressure to more effectively monitor, manage, and extend their sustainability initiatives. They also need to demonstrate them to customers, partners, and regulators. But just why is data so critical in these “green” goals? IDC data shows that…
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the biggest challenges for organizations is to integrate data from various sources. Despite modern advancements such as big data technologies and cloud, data often ends up in organized silos, but this means that cloud data is separated from…
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the gradual rise in digitization across many organizations, the approach towards customer engagement has drastically evolved over the years. Particularly in recent times, there has been an ever-growing demand for organizations to be able to provide unified, effective and…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today, many applications call themselves “data catalogs.” The idea seems, on the face of it, easy to understand: a data catalog is simply a centralized inventory of the data assets within an organization. Data catalogs also seek to be the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many businesses are moving towards a cloud-based approach in terms of managing their data, but that doesn’t mean that incorporating the cloud into businesses is an easy process. Also, after moving to a cloud-based environment, many organizations realize that their…
Reading Time: 4 minutes “Le roi est mort, vive le roi.” This phrase—the king is dead, long live the king—marks the transfer of power from one monarch to the next. In times of potentially troublesome change, the apparent paradox and inner poetry of these…
Reading Time: 4 minutes To understand how to accelerate and simplify cloud data integration and leverage cloud marketplaces, we first need to understand: What exactly is cloud data integration? It is nothing more than a consolidation of data from disparate data sources in which…
Reading Time: 2 minutes A recent post, on the cost and impact of persisted data, got me thinking: If data is the new oil, as some believe, then data virtualization is akin to the electrification of gas/petrol-powered cars. An Inconvenient Truth Cloud migration strategies,…
