Click to learn more about author Patrick Hubbard. Make no mistake, distributed application architectures can bring tremendous benefits for business. For example, actually using Cloud the way it’s designed can achieve the cost savings promised years ago. But for enterprise IT, distributed architectures can create a problem—many of the monitoring tools we’ve relied on for years […]
The Value of Strong Metadata Discovery
Too often professionals such as Data Analysts, Data Architects, and Compliance Specialists find themselves at a loss when it comes to being able, on their own, to discover, understand and use the rich Metadata within large enterprise ERP and CRM applications. It becomes complicated, costly, and time-consuming for these users to pull relevant business-context subsets […]
Bridging the Data Gap Between Business and IT
Click to learn more about author Pete Aven. In any organization, it’s plain to see there are distinct differences in the way business executives and IT professionals think about their company’s data. The disconnect is a result of perspective, and manifests itself in a lack of communication that produces further confusion as IT systems evolve to […]
SnapLogic Expands Global Partner Program
According to a new press release, “SnapLogic, the leader in self-service application and data integration, today announced significant updates to the SnapLogic Partner Connect Program to enable global technology, service, and reseller partners to expand their enterprise integration and digital transformation capabilities and offerings. New program benefits will further empower SnapLogic partners to amplify customer […]
SAP Announces Suite of Solutions to Modernize CRM and a New Data Management Suite
A recent press release reports, “SAP SE today fulfilled its ambition to disrupt the marketplace for customer relationship management (CRM) with the formal introduction of a new suite of applications, SAP C/4HANA, to help businesses serve and retain customers. SAP also announced the SAP HANA Data Management Suite, the industry’s first comprehensive data management solution […]
Data Governance and Your Customers: Five Pitfalls to Avoid
Click to learn more about author Mark Hensley. Organizations increasingly understand the importance of Data Governance, or the method of control that ensures data entered into a system meets a precise standard. In fact, the topic has been addressed extensively here at DATAVERSITY®, with articles on how to get buy-in from executives and set up […]
Big Data, Make Room for Precision Data
Click to learn more about author Justin Schweisberger. In the six years or so since it started to grab headlines, Big Data has made it to the mainstream, and businesses are starting to report tangible results. Most large organizations now have Big Data initiatives in place. Yet for many, there’s still a long way to […]
Is Rapid Discovery of ERP or CRM Personal Data for GDPR possible?
Click to learn more about author Roland Bullivant. One of the key tasks early in a GDPR compliance programme is to locate where Personal Data is stored across an organisation’s information ecosystem. Often this is referred to as an Information Audit or Readiness Assessment. To comply with GDPR, an organisation must be able to point […]
Low Cost Multi-Domain Master Data Management has Become the New Reality
Click to learn more about author Bruck Assefa. The issue of disconnected business applications and departmental silos has always been a persistent problem for companies to deal with. This is largely due to the fact that companies naturally evolve in different ways such as growing organically or through mergers & acquisitions. The growth of an organization […]
The Next Generation Logical Data Warehouse: It’s Time to Democratize the Data
Click to learn more about author Michele Iurillo. Previously, a Business Intelligence (BI) infrastructure was something very complex where there were: data sources, normalization, ETL, OLAP Cubes and a physical Data Warehouse hosted on a physical server. Technology has grown a lot, and the scenarios are changing due to two particular factors: the Cloud and Virtualization. […]