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Data Federation – DW Patterns – The Holistic Data View Pattern
Posted in: BlogFollowing on from my last blog on data federation, the next data federation pattern I would like to discuss is a Data Warehouse Holistic Data View pattern. This is as follows. Pattern Description This pattern, also known as the schema extension pattern, uses data virtualization to create a holistic complete view of business activity by […]
Informatica 9 Raises The Bar for Data Management Platforms
Posted in: BlogAs you probably know, Informatica announced Informatica 9 yesterday in a blaze of publicity with, I am led to believe, over 10,000 people registered to view the announcement. So I thought I would make a few comments on what was announced. The three main strands of the announcement were: Relevant data through business-IT collaboration Trustworthy […]
Information Led Transformation – Will IBM’s New Strategy Be A Success?
Posted in: BlogSo here I am in Las Vegas at IBM Information On-Demand – IBM’s global information management conference. The up-coming theme that will be launched here is IBM’s new Information Led Transformation (ILT) initiative which opens up IBM’s major play in the Business Optimization market. IBM is pouring enormous amounts of money into this space, stating […]
Data Federation – The Data Discovery Pattern
Posted in: BlogFollowing on from my last blog, the next data federation I would like to discuss is the Data Discovery pattern. This is as follows. Pattern Description This pattern uses data virtualization to query structured data held in multiple underlying core operational and analytical databases and file systems to answer business questions. It uses a search […]
Data Federation Patterns
Posted in: BlogHaving seen a lot of increase in demand from my clients to start a program to create information services, I thought it might be useful to look at one way of doing that through the use of data federation software. Then I realised that it would be better to look at all the popular ways […]