Analytic Sandboxes and Data Virtualization

Analytics – Opportunities and Challenges

I have spent a number of years in the BI space including time with innovators including Business Objects and EMC. In my opinion, the opportunity for business people to perform new types of analysis to gain greater insight into their business and customers has never been greater.

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

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.

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Extreme Customer Service and Data Virtualization

Last night I had drinks with Marc Hebert, my favorite boss of all time.  Marc hired me to help start Oracle Manufacturing in 1989 and later chose me to run Oracle Applications software partnerships in 1995.

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Leadership Award for High Impact

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.

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The Greatest Data Virtualization Day Ever!

Each year, I am responsible for leading the premier event in data virtualization, Data Virtualization Day.  It’s a huge responsibility and even bigger endeavor.  But the rewards are amazing, especially when the event is as successful as Data Virtualization Day 2012.

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The Data Virtualization Channel: Must See TV!

Have you had a chance to visit the Data Virtualization Channel on YouTube?  With 68 videos addressing data virtualization from nearly every angle, it truly is must see (data virtualization) TV!

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TDWI’s Data Virtualization Class A Big Hit

I left for vacation right after attending Dave Wells’ Data Virtualization Class at TWDI in San Diego on August 1st, so I hadn’t had the chance to comment on the new course. It’s been a couple of weeks, but I still have positive vibes from the class, as did many of the attendees.

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Third Annual Data Virtualization Day Coming Soon

Data Virtualization Day 2012: The Logical Next Steps represents the world’s largest gathering of data virtualization experts and implementers, expected to draw more than 200 Composite Software customers and prospects who will hear from two of the world’s leading authorities on data virtualization, data warehousing, data integration and business intelligence discussing “Data Virtualization: Why it’s Logical for Business and IT.”

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Customer Value Team Celebrates Five Year Anniversary

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.

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Accelerate Data Virtualization Value with an ICC

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:

  • Architectural Conformance
  • Project Risk and Reward Balancing
  • Inertia
  • Best Practices
  • Chargeback Bias

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