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Fundamentals of Data Virtualization

Organizations are increasingly employing innovative technology called “data virtualization” (DV) to tackle high volumes of data from varied sources. Data virtualization is widely used in enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM), and sales force automation (SFA) systems to collect and aggregate multi-source data. From multi-sourced data acquisition to advanced analytics, this technology seems […]

The Fundamentals of Data Integration

Data integration uses both technical and business processes to merge data from different sources, helping people access useful and valuable information efficiently. A well-thought-out data integration solution can deliver trusted data from a variety of sources. Data integration is gaining more traction within the business world due to the exploding volume of data and the […]

Containers vs. Virtual Machines (and Why It Matters for Data Center Professionals)

In the world of IT not so very long ago, there was a significant shift that transformed the way we manage and deploy applications. Virtualization, a technology that made traditional infrastructure more efficient, gained immense popularity among Microsoft SQL Server professionals. However, the IT industry is constantly evolving, and now containerization has emerged as the latest […]

Without Trusted Core Data, Data Mesh Is Data Meh

Organizations seeking responsive and sustainable solutions to their growing data challenges increasingly lean on architectural approaches such as data mesh to deliver information quickly and efficiently. Data mesh and other virtual data approaches connect, unify information, and make it available across numerous data silos and warehouses to get it efficiently into the hands of analysts and other […]

Data Fabric Architecture 101

Today’s global organizations have data deployed both on-premises and across many cloud environments. In such a scenario, the biggest challenge is to find a single Data Management solution to enable businesses to access and connect data across disparate sources and provision a unified, virtual environment for data processing.  “The emerging design concept called ‘data fabric’ […]

How Can Unifying Data Fabric and Data Management Help Enterprises?

Today, one of the most cutting-edge technologies is data fabric. Data fabric and data management can significantly improve business functions by connecting siloed data and making it accessible across divisions and workgroups.  Utilizing a specialized architecture, on-premises data can be shared across multi-cloud and deliver unique insights unavailable with other data management techniques. In this […]

The Evolution of Data Virtualization: From Data Integration to Data Management

Data virtualization was first introduced two decades ago. Since then, the technology has evolved considerably, and the data virtualization of yesterday bears little resemblance to the data virtualization of today. This is due to several facts beginning with the limitations of legacy infrastructure, the massive amounts of structured and unstructured data that organizations were collecting, […]

What Is Data Virtualization?

Data virtualization is a special kind of  data integration technology that provides access of data in real time, seamlessly all in one place. Think of it like a television guide which contains a listing of shows on a variety of channels, without having to be on that channel to see the content. In data virtualization, […]