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December 5, 2014
Join me for a DM Radio broadcast: Exaggerated Rumors? Will We Finally Put ETL to REST? When: December 11, 2014, 03:00PM ET The pervasive practice of […]
March 8, 2012
Manually-coded extracts are another dirty secret of the BI world. I’ve been seeing them for years, in both large and small companies. They grow haphazardly and […]
September 22, 2011
In my discussions with clients, prospects, students and networking with folks at seminars I am always asked about my opinion or recommendations on data integration and […]
January 12, 2011
Why are companies reaching the limits on the workhouse ETL? Here are some thoughts that occurred to me as I was snowblowing 20+ inches of snow […]
January 11, 2011
Tune in Thursday January 13 at 3:00 ETL to hear from me, as well as guests Gaurav Dhillon of SnapLogic, Michael Curry of IBM, and Josh […]
March 23, 2010
ETL Architect (Informatica PowerCenter 9) – Consulting Assignment, Boston MA area Athena IT Solutions is looking for an ETL architect. Please feel free to forward this […]
November 17, 2009
I’m not only concerned about hand-coding versus ETL tools; I’m also concerned that potential buyers of ETL tools and the market in general are only looking […]
November 6, 2009
This is a continuation of an earlier post that discussed the problems of hand-coding using ETL tools. What Went Wrong? There are two aspects of effectively […]
November 4, 2009
We are creatures of habit. It’s not easy to stop doing something the way we’ve always done it. Especially when we think we are right (but […]
May 18, 2007
In the following article I point out where companies tend to go wrong in their initial use of extract, transform and load (ETL). 1. Turning a […]
May 13, 2004
In a previous article, I discussed the importance of adhering to product and technology standards to increase both the ROI of your IT investments and the value […]
April 13, 2004
Too many companies have implemented the “software du jour” – frequently switching to different hardware; operating systems; databases; applications; programming languages; extract, transform and load (ETL) […]
August 13, 2003
There has been a great deal of industry buzz about analytic applications over the last year, much of it from the trade press, industry analysts and […]
