Note – This is a post authored by Rob Rowe, Sr. Manager, MDM Product Marketing, Software AG. I just helped in co-authoring the part about taming big data since I have already written on the topic before. We’ve all heard about big data and there are numerous definitions of it. Suffice to say, it’s a lot of data from both [...]

We all deal with data on a day-to-day basis. We handle data as knowledge workers, data crunchers, data creators or consumers in our daily routines. And, I am not even talking about your work yet. You pick up your newspaper in the morning (yes, some of us still do!) and scan through the stocks. You are the consumer of the [...]

As we have been preparing our webinar series on Innovation through Integration, I keep coming to the same conclusion that integration isn’t just a nice to have, or a piece of infrastructure to consider. Rather, integration is the name of the game. In fact, integration has become the application. I am sure there are exceptions to the rule, and the [...]

These are challenging times for online retailers. Customer loyalty is short lived and just one unpleasant experience can lead to losing the customer for life. Customers not only expect a great experience across all touchpoints but also demand the best price and an accurate understanding of their needs. Get this mix right, though, and loyalty pays huge dividends in increasing [...]

Why is integration more important today than ever before? The answer lies in the way technology forces are reshaping IT. In fact, today we are witnessing a perfect storm of technology trends. These trends are collectively becoming known as the “four forces” of mobile, social, cloud and big data, and they are creating an opportunity for companies to leverage the proliferation [...]

The industry is full of the hype surrounding Big Data and it seems that everywhere you go there is another infographic on Big Data. Big Data has some very impressive numbers with data growing at an amazing rate. At last count we are almost at 4 Zettabytes growing to a projected 35 Zettabytes by 2020 I am sure this projection will [...]

Two centuries back, the industrial revolution reshaped manufacturing. Today, another transformation is underway. It’s powered by big data, and it touches every aspect of the manufacturing process, from materials sourcing and assembly lines to sales support and maintenance. The potential payoff from harnessing big data insights is enormous, but so are the new challenges that manufacturers are facing around data volume, [...]

Every vendor likes to claim that their product is the most superior in the market. When it comes to ESBs (Enterprise Service Bus), it is no different either. Every ESB vendor claims that their product is indeed the fastest. As a consumer, your question to a statement like that should be “How?”. With the application infrastructure, within an enterprise, changing [...]