Data Virtualization Returns to the BBBT

Since 2010, Composite Software has kicked off the Boulder BI Brain Trust’s new year. In 2013 we continue this tradition on Friday January 4.

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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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Data Virtualization’s Logical Role in the Logical Data Warehouse

I have been closely following Gartner’s Logical Data Warehouse (LDW) strategy for the past year and a half.

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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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Analytics and Data Virtualization on My Mind

I have been thinking a lot about analytics lately.

It is not just because I have been working on my presentation for our upcoming webinar, A Novel Approach to the Analytic Sandbox Challenge on September 11, 2012.

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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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Data Virtualization Insights from the Pacific Northwest BI Summit 2012

I am back at Composite Software headquarters after attending my fifth Pacific Northwest BI Summit.

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Insights from the 2012 Data Integration Strategy Survey

Last month Joseph McKendrick, Research Analyst at Unisphere Research in association with DBTA, published an amazingly rich and insightful report on data integration entitled Moving Data: Charting The Journey From Batch To Blazing, 2012 DBTA Survey On Data Integration Strategies.

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Is it time to Embrace a Hybrid Data Ecosystem?

From a data management strategy point of view, we all understand the critical importance of the enterprise data warehouse. Yet new business imperatives and new technologies have significantly changed the data management landscape, hereafter changing the role of the EDW.

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