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Data Integration refers to the organization’s inventory of data and information assets as well as the tools, strategies and philosophies by which fragmented data assets are aligned to support business goals. Data integration can pursue several strategies, including single, federated or virtual compilations of data for a given business purpose. Increasingly, businesses are striving to deliver consistent data views through master data management (MDM), which is meant to deliver a near real-time, hub-based and synchronized presentation of information to any seat or point of view in the organization. Data integration today is still heavily focused on middleware, software and management tools that connect software and data end points through connectors and adaptors. Over time, companies are migrating to the philosophy of a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that applies Web protocols and standards for self-identifying application and data end points. This transition is proceeding slowly and selectively as companies are reluctant to abandon proven systems, including mainframes and traditional messaging, which remain mission-critical to business operations.

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Advancing the Art of Data Integration

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The Best Pitch for Customer Data Integration

Follow these 10 steps to deliver a business case within your company's project requirements

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Data Integration: Increasing its Success and ROI

The Importance of Data Integration on Realizing the Business Value of Enterprise Applications a Datamonitor White Paper

Untangle the Knot: Developing a Comprehensive Data Integration Strategy an Informatica White Paper

Operational Data Integration for the Real-Time Enterprise: Business Agility in a Constantly Changing World

Ten Tips for Selecting a Data Integration Tool – Total Cost of Ownership Really Matters

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Integration Competency Center: An Implementation Methodology

By John Schmidt, David Lyle

XML for Data Architects: Designing for Reuse and Integration

By James Bean

Data Integration: Where IT and Knowledge Management Meet (PDF download)

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White Papers

• The Importance of Data Integration on Realizing the Business Value of Enterprise Applications a Datamonitor White Paper
• Untangle the Knot: Developing a Comprehensive Data Integration Strategy an Informatica White Paper
• Data Integration: Increasing its Success and ROI
• Ten Tips for Selecting a Data Integration Tool – Total Cost of Ownership Really Matters
• Operational Data Integration for the Real-Time Enterprise: Business Agility in a Constantly Changing World
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Web Seminars

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eLearning

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Books

• Integration Competency Center: An Implementation Methodology
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