Business Value | Data Virtualization Leadership Blog

Tudor Investment Corporation Acquires Data Virtualization

May 7, 2013 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

Tudor Investment Corporation, a globally pre-eminent hedge fund manager, has joined an impressive list of Composite customers with their recent adoption of data virtualization.

Tudor purchased the Composite Data Virtualization Platform to create a virtual data layer to streamline access to market and trade data for traders, analysts, and management. “This increased agility will enable us to better serve our user community by reducing the time required to deliver data requests,” says Paul Mark Skittone, Tudor’s Head of Data Services.

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Agility, Business Value, Case Studies, Composite Data Virtualization Platform, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Virtualization

Vodafone Gains Agility with Data Virtualization

February 18, 2013 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

We are pleased to welcome Vodafone Netherlands to the great list of Composite customers who are using data virtualization to improve business agility.

Facing ongoing requests from business units seeking access to new data sources in hopes of gaining new business insights, Michael Hansen, Vodafone Netherlands Manager Business Intelligence Competence Center, responsible for BI strategy and architecture led the decision to leverage data virtualization and the selection of Composite as their data virtualization solution.

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Agility, Business Value, Composite Data Virtualization Platform, Data Federation, Data Virtualization

Big Data Common Sense

January 30, 2013 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

Back to Basics

Velocity, volume, and variety seem to be the 3 V’s that everyone talks about when it comes to Big Data. What happened to the most important V, Value?

So when it comes to Big Data, my advice is don’t get knocked off guard by the Big Data buzzwords. Go back to business and technology basics, and you’ll be fine.

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Agility, Big Data, Business Value, Data Federation, Data Virtualization

NYSE Euronext Wins Information-Management.com Innovative Solution Award for Data Integration

December 20, 2012 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

We are thrilled that our customer, NYSE Euronext, a multinational operator of 14 financial exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange, has won the Information-Management.com Innovative Solution Award for Data Integration.

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Best Practices, Business Value, Composite Data Virtualization Platform, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Integration, Technology

Leadership Award for High Impact

November 5, 2012 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

Mike McNab is a Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Services, at Franklin Templeton Investments. Mike recently spoke about his experiences with data virtualization at our Composite Data Virtualization Day event in New York.

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Best Practices, Business Value, Case Studies, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Virtualization

Leadership Award for Innovative Solutions

October 29, 2012 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

There is a catacomb of tunnels under the streets of downtown Houston TX, linking an underworld of passage-ways and doors and secured entrances and stairs and escalators and shops to the above-ground and its buildings, parking garages, and hotels. The first time I went to visit Anestacio Rios, there was a big storm brewing outside. So, when I inquired with hotel staff about directions to Anestacio’s building, they told me, “Just take the tunnels. It’s easy, and you’ll stay dry!”

Well, I did stay dry, but the route wasn’t easy!

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Business Value, Case Studies, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Integration, Data Virtualization

2012 Data Virtualization Leadership Awards

October 22, 2012 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

When we think of people showing exemplary leadership in a company, we might be tempted to say “Well, they are paid to do that. That is their job. It’s really nothing special.”

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Business Value, Case Studies, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Virtualization

Customer Case Studies at Data Virtualization Day 2012

September 12, 2012 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

Every year the customer presentations are the highlight of Data Virtualization Day. At Data Virtualization Day 2012, Comcast, Franklin Templeton Investments and Moody’s Corporation will keep this tradition alive.

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Business Value, Case Studies, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Virtualization

Customer Value Team Celebrates Five Year Anniversary

June 14, 2012 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

Today we announced the five year anniversary of Composite Software’s Customer Value Organization which I founded and lead. Unique in the industry, we help organizations plan, measure, achieve and communicate data virtualization value.

Filed under Business Value Tagged with Agility, Best Practices, Business Value, Case Studies, Composite Software, Data Federation, Data Virtualization

Accelerate Data Virtualization Value with an ICC

May 29, 2012 by Bob Reary Leave a comment

In Rick Schreiber’s last blog, How Organizational Hurdles Can Delay Data Virtualization Adoption he identified five common organizational hurdles to data virtualization. These included: