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An MAS-Based ETL Approach for Complex Data: In a data warehousing process, the phase of data integration is crucial. Many methods for data integration have been published in the literature. However, with the development of the Internet, the availability of various types of data (images, texts, sounds, videos, databases...) has increased, and structuring such data is a...; Tags: Data, ETL, Data Integration, University Of Lyon 2, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2008-09-16
IBM Information Server Change Data Capture: In today's fast-paced world, access to real-time data has never been more important. To be successful, organizations need to be able to report and analyze corporate data quickly and easily, regardless of what applications created the data, what platform they're running on, or what database they're stored in.IBM Information Server...; Tags: Data Capture, Data, Server, Data Integration, IBM Corp.; White papers 2008-06-17
TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Streamlining Data Integration (Level 200): To load data into the Contoso enterprise data warehouse, Contoso uses Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. This webcast reviews the new features in Integration Services that help Contoso streamline the development and execution of processes to extract, transform, and load data into the data warehouse: ADO.NET connectivity, persistent lookups,...; Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Data, Data Integration, Microsoft TechNet, Databases, .Net, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development; Webcasts 2008-05-28
Ferplast Improves Service and Maintains Competitive Edge With Data Integration: Ferplast SpA a leading supplier of more than 2,000 pet products, wanted to provide management the ability to reorganize information quickly by classifications in the staging area, and obtain reports that are not available as atomic data inside the ERP system and offer dynamic analysis in line with business trends:...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Data Integration, Ferplast, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing; Case studies 2008-05-01
Lowara Leverages Performance Management System to Support Data Integration and Standardization: Lowara wanted to guarantee traceability of data, activities, and approval processes and ensure compliance with international regulations, especially Sarbanes-Oxley requirements. The challenge was to increase the sales network's involvement in setting revenue goals and apply a single reporting and consolidation process to different companies serving various markets. Lowara worked with...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Data Integration, Standardization, Sales Strategy, Financial Management, Sales Force Management, Performance Management, Sales, Financial Planning, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies 2008-05-01

Data Integration in a Grid-Enabled Environment: SAS Data Integration Studio and SAS Grid Manager add capabilities to the SAS product suite to distribute workloads across a grid of computers and thereby allow large processes to complete more quickly than previously possible. SAS Grid Manager has been incorporated into SAS Data Integration Studio to facilitate using grid...; Tags: Environment, SAS Institute, Grid, Data Integration, SAS Grid Manager; White papers 2008-03-13
Data Integration With SAS Intelligence Storage: How a Business Division in a Fortune 50 Company Uses SAS Scalable Performance Data Server to Make Better Decisions: The business division integrates the data sources with SAS into one of the world's largest SAS Intelligence Storage systems. The largest component is SAS SPD Server data libraries with 25 TB terabytes of storage where the paper has analytical control of the data. The paper also has SAS OLAP Server...; Tags: Performance, Storage, SAS Institute, Data Integration, Business Division; White papers 2008-03-13
Snap-in, Grid-Based Data Integration: IBM Information Server Blade: This white paper, authored by IDC, explores the problems confronting IT organizations today as they seek to bring data together from disparate sources in order to achieve better information coherence, operational efficiency, and more effective overall governance. Specifically, the paper considers the problems posed by the complexity...; Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Server, Grid, Data Integration, IBM Corp.; White papers 2008-02-01
Data integration demand will grow in 2008: Data integration demand will grow in 2008Appcelerator and services-based data access...Great post about RIAs needing services-based data access to the back-office. That’s one of the key components of the Appcelerator open-source RIA framework (http://www.appcelerator.org - I work for Appcelerator).Appcelerator enables the development and integration of business applications with Web browser-based...; Tags: Scripting languages, Appcelerator, rich Internet application, data integration; Discussion threads 2008-01-04
Data Integration Hub for a Hybrid Paper Search: This paper describes the design of a hybrid search that combines simple metadata search with a traditional keyword search over unstructured context data. This paradigm provides the inquirer additional options to narrow the search with some semantic aspects through the XML metadata query. The paper demonstrates a paper search for...; Tags: Search, Florida State University, Data Integration; White papers 2008-01-01
Converting XML Data to UML Diagrams for Conceptual Data Integration: The demand for data integration is rapidly becoming larger as more and more information sources appear in modern enterprises. In many situations a logical rather than physical integration of data is preferable since some data is inherently not suited for storing in a physically integrated data warehouse. Previous web-based data...; Tags: Data Integration, XML-Data, UML; White papers 2008-01-01
An Introduction to Real-Time Data Integration: In these days of complex, "Hot-pluggable" systems and Service-Oriented Architecture SOA, bringing data together and making sense of it becomes increasingly difficult. Although the primary applications database might run on Oracle Database, one may well have other, smaller systems running on databases and platforms supplied by other vendors. The applications...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Data Integration, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2007-12-01
SOA's role in master data management explained: SOA's role in master data management explainedthis is absolutely trueGreat blog entry. The connection between data management and SOA can really be a win-win. Standards-based data integration folks have been talking about good, canonical data models forever. Using standards such as HR-XML or OAGIS can give you...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, master data management, data model; Discussion threads 2007-11-13
XAware goes open source: XAware announced this week the release of its data integration product into open source. The company has also become a Gold Partner in the MySQL Enterprise Connection Alliance program.Â In what's becoming a standard operating procedure for split open source/commercial projects, the company has two web sites: xaware.org for the...; Tags: Software, XAware Inc., Data, Data Integration, Open Source, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2007-11-07
Master Data Management and Data Integration: Complementary but Distinct: This Bloor Research white paper discusses the relationship between MDM and data integration. You will learn about; the different ways MDM may be implemented, why a siloed approach is doomed to failure, why a platform approach provides the foundations for success, the pros and cons of current MDM trends, and...; Tags: Informatica, Data Integration, Data Management; White papers 2007-10-03
Master Customer Data Integration: Regulatory Compliance Meets Revenue Generation in Financial Services: All banking, insurance, and capital markets firms face regulatory requirements for managing their master customer data, yet few have taken advantage of this authoritative source of information for new revenue generation. However, that's beginning to change, as a growing number of firms are recognizing the potential of using their...; Tags: Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Finance, Digital Media, Basel II, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Regulatory Compliance, Data Integration, Revenue Generation, Financial Services Company, Financial Service, Webcast, banking, capital market, compliance, financial, IBM Corp., industry, insurance, line of business, Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Webcasts 2007-09-27
EAI Vs. ETL: Drawing Boundaries for Data Integration: Business enterprises invest millions of dollars to implement and deliver Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence BI initiatives that rely on consistent, accurate and reliable data. IT organizations in these enterprises must ensure that proper integration techniques are selected to address the data needs of the organization. Positioning a common enterprise-wide...; Tags: ETL, Data Integration, EAI, Databases, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-09-04
Making Data Work: Addressing Data Quality at the Enterprise Level - Realizing the True Value of Your Information Assets With Enterprise Data Quality and Data Integration: Despite nearly 40 years of information technology advances, only now are some organizations realizing the true value of their corporate data. Increasing reliance on automated business processes, more stringent regulation, and the ever-increasing pitch of competition are driving organizations to focus on the data they use to run their business...; Tags: Asset, Data Quality, Business Process, Informatica, Data Integration, Operational Planning, Databases, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; White papers 2007-07-31
Collaborative Data Integration: Coordinating Efforts Within Teams and Beyond: TDWI Research defines collaborative data integration as a collection of user best practices and software tool functions that foster collaboration among the growing number of technical and business people involved in data integration projects and initiatives. Two thirds of organizations surveyed by TDWI report that collaboration is an issue for...; Tags: Team, Data Integration, TDWI Research; White papers 2007-07-01
Analyst Report: Multi-Entity Master Data Management: The 4th Generation of MDM - Is Your MDM Road Map "Strategic" or "Myopic"?: Since 2006, the CDI-MDM Institute has semi-annually hosted in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific the world's largest gathering of IT professionals focused specifically on customer data integration CDI, master data management MDM, and data governance. These sold-out events offer MDM professionals and their business partners opportunities to: (1) create and...; Tags: Analyst Report, Data Integration, IBM Corp., Data Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2007-06-01