Here’s a little-recognized fact about data integration: if you run a business or any sizable chunk of one, someone is integrating your data.
In my professional life I have on occasion suggested data integration efforts. Sometimes my suggestions have been accepted and sometimes not. As an IT professional I understand that different managers have different priorities, and in a given business situation sometimes other things are more important for example than having a single, consistent source for all customer records, or making sure production data matches financial data.
But as a customer? That’s different. Continue reading »
