Boulder BI Brain Trust Trip Report

In my last blog, Data Virtualization Returns to the BBBT, I announced Composite’s fifth presentation to the Boulder BI Brain Trust on January 4, 2013. This blog is a “trip report” covering that visit.

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Joining the Information Management Blog Club

From its origin as DM Review and through its ongoing evolution, Information-Management.com has long been considered the educated reader’s choice for the latest news, commentary and feature content serving the information technology and business community.

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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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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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Two Data Virtualization Companies Named “Vendors to Watch” by Information Management Magazine

If you are a frequent reader of the Data Virtualization Leadership Blog, you already understand how data virtualization can simplify information access and improve business agility.

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Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems: Revolutionizing Data Integration for Data Warehouses

Congratulations to my friend Rick van der Lans on his new book on data virtualization titled Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems: Revolutionizing Data Integration for Data Warehouses.

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Accenture Technology Vision and the Role of Data Virtualization

Every year, Accenture creates and distributes a new technology vision.  As a former employee of Accenture’s Technology Labs, I like to stay current with how they are viewing the world, and the vision document provides a great snapshot of their best thinking across an array of technology topics.

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It’s Logical: New Report on the Logical Data Warehouse

Last month, Gartner analysts Mark A. Beyer and Roxane Edjali published Understanding the Logical Data Warehouse: The Emerging Practice. This is the most recent published research on the logical data warehouse that has been forming since Gartner analysts noted the rising significance of big data and data virtualization back in 2008.

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Aberdeen Publishes New Report on Agile Data Integration

This week I had a chance to see the June 2012 Aberdeen Group Analyst Insight Report on data integration entitled Beyond Agile Analytics: Is Agile Data Integration Next? By analysts David White and Nathaniel Rowe.

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London Calling: Ringing Endorsements for Data Virtualization

Last week I attended the Master Data Management Summit & Data Governance Conference Europe 2012 event in London. 

However, judging by the buzz, one might have thought it was a Data Virtualization conference, wrongly named.  Here is what I heard.

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