As organizations consider moving to a cloud based environment there is a bit of uncertainty and resistance. Many organizations do not understand the cloud and its benefits and risks. To add to the confusion, the term “cloud” is used as marketing jargon with multiple meanings. To be concise, the “cloud” is primarily concerned with virtualization [...]
Read More Amazon EC2, Cloud Computing, IaaS, Information Management, PaaS, SaaS, Virtualization, VMWareData, the digital building blocks of information, is a valuable corporate asset outlasting applications and processes. Data is used as input into tactical and strategic decisions. Analysis of data allows organizations to learn and grow. Data is received from and transmitted to customers and business partners. Data is reported to investors and regulators and used [...]
Read More BI, Data, Data Governance, Data Integrity, Data Mart, Data Quality, Data Warehouse, ETL, Meta-DataMeta-data in most simple terms means “structured data about data” or “data that describes something (that may or may not itself be data)”. The prefix “meta” comes from the Greek and can indicate change, as in metamorphosis; or it can mean beyond or after, as in metaphysics. In information technology usage, the word metadata has come to be [...]
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