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Reading Time: 2 minutes At UCB, a biopharma company based in Belgium, our core purpose is to improve the lives of people with severe diseases in the focus areas of immunology and neurology. Data is critical to this core purpose, as it guides important…
Reading Time: 4 minutes According to CIO magazine, the first chief data officer (CDO) was employed at Capital One in 2002, and since then the role has become widespread, driven by the recent explosion of big data. The CDO role has a variety of…
Reading Time: 4 minutes What do data virtualization, streaming, and extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes have in common? They all deliver data from disparate sources to the business intelligence (BI), analytics, and other applications used by businesspeople, data scientists, and analysts. Like utilities,…
Reading Time: 4 minutes These days, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) seem to be everywhere around us, answering questions, designing components, and even driving cars. Can they also help with data virtualization? For sure. But first, let’s make sure that when we…
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Barry Devlin “I want it all, and I want it now,” sang Freddie Mercury in “I Want It All.” Today’s businesspeople, it turns out, feel just the same way. The pace of business has ramped up dramatically over the…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Some still think it makes sense to compare ETL tools with data virtualization servers. Let me be clear, it really doesn’t. Unquestionably, both tool categories belong to the class of data integration tools, like data replication tools, data wrangling tools,…
Reading Time: 6 minutes Ok, forgive the hyperbole in the title since data virtualization doesn’t actually have magic powers to keep you safe from getting ticketed by the police. However, in one specific series of incidents that I recently encountered which did involve getting…
Reading Time: 4 minutes 2019 is the year of the data-driven organization. The more data an organization collects, the more insights they will have, right? Well no actually, it’s more about how you glean the insights from the data rather than how much data…
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this article, I will discuss the complexity of data migration when transitioning to a new system, based on the traditional ways of working. I will explain why data virtualization can play a role in taking away this complexity, for…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mergers and acquisitions are a fact of life, and they often take a toll on everyday business; people, real estate, processes, and systems need to be properly integrated before the acquiring company and the acquired company can act as one….
