Big data is one of the most significant industry disruptors in IT today. Even in its infancy, it has shown significant ROI and has almost universal relevance to a wide cross-section of the industry.

That creates major challenges for businesses and organizations trying to make valuable use of their data assets. They need advanced tools to identify and inventory the data they have and where it ...

As data flows into businesses faster than ever before time-to-insight and time-to-action are critical competitive differentiators, and the demand for fast access to information is growing. However, ...

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Enterprises that wish to remain relevant in their respective markets are embracing big data, including its benefits and challenges. Data integration plays a key role in big data as it allows ...

My thinking on Big Data has led me to categorize the activity most companies are undertaking into three buckets: Agile Big Data, Operational Big Data, and High Resolution Management. By looking at ...

The potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to address the evolving dynamics of Africa's healthcare landscape is immense. Yet, many are wondering how these technologies can be ...

Yesterday’s news that Informatica has agreed to be bought out by private equity firms for $5.3 billion has stirred a frenzy of activity in the big data integration community. For those working at data ...

Top-level business analysis tools may be the software products that data "consumers" most often see. But underlying those applications are the database software and data integration, preparation and ...

Data Integration vs ETL: What Are the Differences? Your email has been sent If you're considering using a data integration platform to build your ETL process, you may be confused by the terms data ...