This past summer The University of Washington went live with Workday, a Software-as-a-Service human capital management solution. It replaced a decades-old HR/payroll (HR/P) system and represented the largest administrative transformation in the school’s history. Human resources personnel are affected by the change, of course, but so too is practically everyone else on campus. That’s to […]
Data Management vs. Data Virtualization
Data Management, as a principle, requires that data is brought to a single place, governed actively, and available in real time. It also includes the trust needed for business users to perform day-to-day business functions and to do it better than the competition. Data needs are contextual and based on the role of the user. […]
Hadoop and Enterprise Information Management: Leveraging Big Data Solutions
The past few years have firmly established the importance of Big Data in the global business environment. 2017 looks to be the the year of greater Apache™ Hadoop implementation (both in terms of its open source development and more available commercial options) at the enterprise level, as Enterprise Information Management (EIM) continues to need more […]
Four Ways to Kill a Data Warehouse
Click here to learn more about author Sakthi Rangarajan. In the recent months, I saw a few Data Warehouse efforts getting disrupted, stalled or stopped altogether. In one scenario, the effort was stopped in a few months and in another case, the project was paused after the Data Warehouse has been live for more than a […]
Metadata Management and Data Governance: The Essentials of Enterprise Architecture
“To be successful, a solution to both Metadata Management and Data Governance should be integrated,” said Christian Bremeau, CEO and President of Meta Integration Technology. “Metadata Management starts by supporting virtually any tools that your IT is using.” Bremeau presented at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2016 Conference with his colleague, John Friedrich, Vice President […]
Data Warehouse Aiding in Supply Chain Strategies – A Case Study
Click here to learn more about author Sakthi Rangarajan. The mining industry has been hit hard in recent years by uncertain metal prices and increasing commodity costs. Experts are predicting that the prices of key commodities like energy, tires, trucks, cement, grinding media will continue to grow and the metal prices will continue to be shaky […]