More Evidence that Cloud Computing is Changing Data Integration by David Linthicum.
From the post:
In a recent Sand Hill article, Jeff Kaplan, the managing director of THINKstrategies, reports on the recent and changing state of data integration with the addition of cloud computing. “One of the ongoing challenges that continues to frustrate businesses of all sizes is data integration, and that issue has only become more complicated with the advent of the cloud. And, in the brave new world of the cloud, data integration must morph into a broader set of data management capabilities to satisfy the escalating needs of today’s business.”
In the article, Jeff reviews a recent survey conducted with several software vendors, concluding:
- Approximately 90 percent of survey respondents said integration is important in their ability to win new customers.
- Eighty-four percent of the survey respondents reported that integration has become a difficult task that is getting in the way of business.
- A quarter of the respondents said they’ve still lost customers because of integration issues.
It’s interesting to note that these issues affect legacy software vendors, as well as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) vendors. No matter if you sell software in the cloud or deliver it on-demand, the data integration issues are becoming a hindrance.
If cloud computing and/or big data are bringing data integration into the limelight, that sounds like good news for topic maps.
Particularly topic maps of data sources that enable quick and reliable data integration without a round of exploration and testing first.