Information integration in the enterprise

PA Bernstein, LM Haas - Communications of the ACM, 2008 - dl.acm.org
Communications of the ACM, 2008dl.acm.org
Information integration in the enterprise Page 1 LARGE ENTERPRISES SPEND a great deal of
time and money on “information integration”—combining information from different sources into
a unified format. Frequently cited as the biggest and most expensive challenge that
information-technology shops face, information integration is thought to consume about 40% of
their budget.Market-intelligence firm iDC estimates that the market for data integration and
access software (which includes the key enabling technology for information integration) was …
A guide to the tools and core technologies for merging information from disparate sources.
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