Part 2 – Creating a Dataflow To create a new dataflow, go to File -> New -> Dataflow on the main menu. Or expand the New Dataflow dropdown on the main toolbar and select Dataflow from the dropdown menu….
Category: Automated Data Extraction
Commercial Proprietary Software vs Open Source – Which is Better?
You can spend your money and buy the house, or you can spend your time and build the house. Either way, you pay for your house. Let’s begin by understanding what is commercial software. In simple words, it is…
DIY: Putting Data Integration Into the Hands of Business Users
The web is abuzz with the concept of do-it-yourself (DIY) data management, with countless articles and blogs discussing how manual coding and disparate open source tools fragment the data integration process, inhibiting free movement of data across organizations and adding…
Data Mapping: The Foundation of System Integration
Data mapping is the initial step in the system integration process in which data from a different sources is combined to a single location to improve data consistency. Data management software simplify this process by reducing or eliminating the need…
Business Users: The Future of Data Integration
Forrester analyst Michele Goetz recently posted a blog on the future of data management in which she stated that to succeed in data management you have to think like a business owner. You need to learn and understand what goes…