Help Your Developers Understand Integration Processes

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Integrating the Enterprise October 06, 2011 Automating Integration: Are Your Programmers Doing It Wrong? You did it. You heeded all the admonishments to stop hand coding and invested in a data integration platform/solution/tool — whatever. The point is: You listened and now your development team doesn't have to hand code all your integration work. And now, lo and behold, your developers are complaining that the tool takes too much time and is just as much work as hand coding. Is the tool useless? Did you buy the wrong solution? Or did you just get swindled by hype? Read more > Talend Open Integration Solutions The recognized leader in open source middleware, Talend makes data management and application integration solutions available to all. > Blogs Mike Vizard IT Unmasked Changing the Analytics Culture Loraine Lawson Integration Application Problems: Yet Another Reason to Focus on Data Management Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career Big Data Analytics, Big Skills Gap Your Comprehensive APM Market Overview Is Here   Learn about the vendors and solutions in the $2 billion marketplace for application performance monitoring (APM). Read it now > Keep Your Data Quality Under Control with These Resources Here in the IT Downloads library, we have two resources that will help you evaluate the health of your own data and begin the process of establishing a culture of data quality assurance, which ultimately is the first (and potentially most difficult) step in the process. Both these resources are available free to IT Business Edge members. Seven Integration Questions to Ask Before Adding a Second ERP More companies, particularly those with global operations, are opting to install two ERP systems — usually one large ERP system such as SAP or Oracle and one smaller, local ERP system. A two-tier system can cost less and yield better results, say practitioners, but this trend does raise questions about integration challenges. Six Steps to MDM Success More organizations are pursuing MDM (master data management). In this slideshow, Loraine Lawson highlights the steps many MDM practitioners and analysts say you should take before embarking on a master data management initiative. Latest White Papers Cloud First IT: The Rise of the Cloud Services Network Rolling Your Email into the Cloud: Easy Migration Tips Build or Buy: Six Data Center Key Factors to Consider Is Your Talent Management Strategy Creating Value? Featured White Papers Buying a Business Phone System? Avoid These 10 Mistakes This informative guide lists 10 regrettable mistakes businesses have made when buying a phone system and explains how they can be avoided. •  Data Center Consolidation: The Catalyst for Strategic Cost Savings •  Business in a Box: Extending VoIP to Satellite Offices •  Help Desk Pain Points: The Remedy Is in the Cloud "And that is the bottom line about SOA and cloud: It's about potential. Use cloud by itself and you get one thing; add SOA and you get so much more." Excerpt from Loraine Lawson Integration Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise