Delivering Real-time Enterprise Information Integration for Unified Access

Authored by Brian Babineau, Senior Consultant, Enterprise Strategy Group

Information integration and subsequent unification efforts (the process of being able to view and interact with newly connected data sources) are more important than ever due to an evolution in the wealth and volume of information.

Almost every line of business and support function is experiencing rapid change in their respective applications and data sources; more applications are being delivered via cloud or Software-as-a-Service; semi-structured applications such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server are being used for everything from content portals to file share replacements; and public content, thanks to social networking and rating sites, is often an influence when making business decisions.

Within all of these changes lies a tremendous opportunity to expand how information is used to generate revenue, improve client satisfaction, streamline operations and decision making, and control costs. To maximize this opportunity, organizations must constantly think about new ways to integrate and enrich information, accounting for all the new data sources and the desire to interact with data in real time.