Data architecture is a formal description and mapping of the plan and structure of data assets used to support organizational goals. Components of data architecture include the databases, stores, and the integration by which data is defined, flows, is accessed and understood in current and future states for organizational purposes.


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Lean business intelligence means getting the most from your processes and implementations. Emerging tools have made an agile approach easier, but there is plenty of work to be done in terms of refining enterprise BI methods.
NewsEnd-to-end approach to cloud-based desktop virtualization designed to bring order to potentially chaotic IT environment
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Of all the advances and innovations in the enterprise information space, data governance is being taxed more than ever. There are ever-more data sources and volumes, with no shortage of accompanying industry and government regulation. And content management repositories are “scattered all over the place” – worker desktops, shadow IT, cloud and SaaS outlets, mobile devices – not to mention the traditional enterprise data channels.
ColumnLike the innovators of the smartphone, the firm that is first to successfully market a preconfigured application that pulls from structured, semi-structured and unstructured data will transform how enterprises do business forever
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More and more, IT is focused on reliability while the business side is pushing for tech innovation and new tech adoption. Enterprise architects and tech execs are right to be cautious about latching on to the next-big-thing, but there’s also little good done by ignoring this unprecedented wave of business interest and “shadow” adoption. Forrester Research analyst Brian Hopkins recently highlighted a handful of areas enterprise architects can stay grounded in their needs while reaching for innovation and agility.
StrategyWorld-renowned Minnesota health system will talk over its analytic database process and collaboration in July at Healthcare Analytics Symposium and Expo in Chicago

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