The Data Management Slam Dunk: A Unified Integration Platform is a spam message that landed in my inbox today.
I have heard good things about Talend software but gibberish like:
There will never be a silver bullet for marshalling the increasing volumes of data, but at least there is one irrefutable truth: a unified data management platform can solve most of the problems that information managers encounter. In fact, by creating a centralized repository for data definitions, lineage, transformations and movements, companies can avoid many troubles before they occur.
makes me wonder if any of it is true?
Did you notice that the irrefutable fact is a sort of magic incantation?
If everything is dumped in one place, troubles just melt away.
It isn’t that simple.
The “presentation” never gives a clue as to how anyone would achieve these benefits in practice. It just keeps repeating the benefits and oh, that Talend is the way to get them.
Not quite as annoying as one of those belly-buster infomercials but almost.
I have been planning on reviewing the Talend software from a topic map perspective.
Suggestions of issues, concerns or particularly elegant parts that I should be aware of are most welcome.