February 24, 2020 Robotic Process Automation is Hot – Integration is Not! Robotic process automation (or RPA for short) is the term used to describe the next generation of technology-enabled workflow management capabilities. RPA solutions come in various sizes and shapes from a myriad of different vendors. RPA is the current buzzword and has enormous growth opportunity but integration is complex and requires expensive skills and… Read More
January 21, 2020 Why Integration is so critical for Robotic Process Automation Vendors Robotic process automation (RPA) is one of the fastest-growing trends in the IT industry. This next-generation of workflow management capabilities is poised to be an essential enabler for companies seeking to optimize their digitally transformed business processes for peak efficiency. For RPA vendors, one of the critical capabilities that must be developed in your… Read More
January 13, 2020 Why DataConnect Inside is the Right Platform for Delivering Embedded Integration Many software as a service (SaaS) companies are looking at embedding integration capabilities into their SaaS offerings as a way of making their solutions both more appealing to customers and more profitable for them as providers. Embedded integration can make SaaS solutions easier to adopt, cheaper to integrate and more difficult to replace when… Read More
January 6, 2020 Checklist – Things to Consider in an iPaaS Vendor for Embedded Integration Many software as a service (SaaS) companies are looking at embedding integration capabilities into their SaaS offerings as a way of making their solutions both more appealing to customers and more profitable for them as providers. Embedded integration can make SaaS solutions easier to adopt, cheaper to integrate, and more difficult to replace when… Read More
December 16, 2019 Why do SaaS companies need an integration platform with their offering? Over the past five years, software as a service (SaaS) has become the go-to delivery model for providing software capabilities to businesses. SaaS solutions provide low capital outlay for infrastructure, a scalable operating cost model and the availability of robust capabilities and specialized features that business stakeholders desire. In most cases it is cheaper,… Read More
August 22, 2019 If ETL Is Integration Hell, How Do I Avoid It and Go to Heaven? Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) is the process that has been used to share data between applications, transactional systems, and data warehouses for decades. It essentially works like this; you define an integration, pull the data out of the source system, use some mapping and aggregation rules to transform the data into the format… Read More
August 3, 2018 Actian DataConnect v11.3 Released Greetings Actian DataConnect Community, It’s my pleasure to announce the availability of Actian DataConnect version 11.3 and I’d like to introduce you to some amazing new features! Orchestration Invoker The new Orchestration Invoker process design component provides you with the ability to create more reliable and efficient integration templates by invoking combinations of smaller,… Read More
March 17, 2018 See Actian at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London Are you in London, England and attending the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit? Why not drop by and see Actian at Booth #S4 where you can discuss the latest and greatest in databases, hybrid data, analytics, Internet of Things, and software innovation at the InterContinental London - The O2 from Sunday, March 18 through… Read More
March 15, 2018 Upgrading to Actian DataConnect Version 9 to Version 11: A Better Journey About a year ago I wrote an article discussing upgrading from Actian DataConnect Version 9 to Version 10 (Actian DataConnect – The Conversion from v9 to v10 does not have to be scary!!) That article used the v9 or v10 Process object to use a script step to do the magic, with code that… Read More
March 12, 2018 Jolt Your Performance with Actian in Detroit and Cambridge This Week Interested in jolting your data analytics and database performance? Join Actian in two separate meetings this week in both Detroit, Michigan and Cambridge Massachusetts to talk about hybrid data, performance, analytics, and dataintegration: Tuesday, March 13: Come to the JOLT YOUR PERFORMANCE BREAKFAST between 7:30–9am at the award winning Apparatus Room Restaurant conveniently located… Read More
February 26, 2018 Get Ready for the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit 2018 in Grapevine, Texas The next big data and analytics conference is right around the corner with the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit, hosted at the Gaylord Texan Resort Hotel & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas from March 5-8, 2018 and Actian will be present, both on the show floor and in a presentation. Emma McGrattan, SVP, Engineering, will… Read More
July 19, 2017 DataConnect 11.1 Highlights I am excited to share news of our most recent release of DataConnect 11.1. This release wraps up a significant phase in that it provides backwards compatible support for our customers who use EDI x12, HIPAA, and HL7 connectors and components. If you use Data Integrator version 9 to process those documents, you can… Read More
April 26, 2017 HTAP at Actian: The Best of Both Worlds in Data Management One of the most exciting trends for the balance of this decade will be HTAP, or Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing - a recently-coined term representing the next generation of hybrid, converged software infrastructure that can handle both traditional Transactional Data Management AND modern Analytic Data Management workloads. Every business is struggling to find new tools… Read More
April 25, 2017 Rethink Hybrid For The Data-Driven Enterprise After a recent Actian webinar featuring Forrester Research, John Bard, senior director of product marketing at Actian, asked Forrester principal analyst Michele Goetz more about the trends in today's enterprise data market. Here is the first part of that conversation: John Bard, Actian: The enterprise market tends to think of “hybrid” as on-premises or cloud,… Read More
October 12, 2016 Knowing who is who in the zoo is more important than what systems are out there to connect to Back when I started off in the industry, some 20 something years ago (I do pretend I am still in my 20s so that number has a nice ring to it) there was only one IT Department with one manager in most large organizations. Now there are multiple managers within different departments, some aligned… Read More
February 12, 2018 See Actian at TDWI Las Vegas, February 12-14, 2018 Starting off the new year in style by hitting Las Vegas and attending the annual TDWI Conference focused on big data and analytics? Come see Actian at on the exhibit hall floor, Booth #205, Forum Ballroom of Caesar's Palace, at these times: Tuesday, February 13: 11:15am - 2:15pm and 5:00pm-7:00pm (Leadership Summit reception in… Read More
May 11, 2017 Introducing Actian DataConnect 11 We are proud to introduce the latest release of Actian DataConnect. We listened to our customers and adopted a 'back to basics' approach with the new product architecture. A lightweight desktop installation for design and a flexible SDK and CLI for run-time are the core components which will plug into any existing job management… Read More
July 14, 2014 Emergence of the Chief Data Officer Caffeinates Data Integration We often watch new positions sprout up around emerging technology. These days, we see new titles such as the chief cloud officer, and other titles that seem just as trendy. However, the strategic use of data within many enterprises led those in charge to assign data management responsibility to one person; the chief data… Read More
July 2, 2014 Retail Begins to Understand Seamless Integration It’s one thing to read about the use of data integration in a technology journal, but another thing altogether to see it in line-of-business publications. That was the case when I read an article from Multi-Channel Merchant, which covered the business reasons for retailers to leverage data integration. “Modern software tools allow brick and… Read More
