Category: Data Services

September 6, 2017

In the 15 years that I’ve been running a small company, I have survived several malware attacks. The only thing that kept me in business was a reliable backup of my data. When it comes to my data (if not […]

July 5, 2017

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is an essential platform for managing and supporting business operations. While ERP platforms can be transformational and add significant value, companies must be careful when implementing or upgrading systems to avoid risks that could limit […]

June 6, 2017

It makes sense that businesses want to avoid rash and impulsive decisions. Good business decisions rely on facts and numbers. However, procedural dynamics still drag many organizations down, causing decisions to be made on impulse, too slowly, or based on […]

June 5, 2017

OneLogin, an identity management company which provides a single sign-on platform for logging into multiple apps and sites, was hacked. US customer data was potentially compromised,“including the ability to decrypt encrypted data.” The company, which claims “over 2000+ enterprise customers […]

June 5, 2017

Existing data management paradigms were formed for the last 20-30 years of software development in CAD, CAM, CAE, PDM, PLM and related products. There are many great products created during this time. However, one of the problems of current paradigm […]

May 8, 2017

“You’re supposed to migrate two years of history, right?” That’s the question I always get, regarding data migration, from bewildered IT managers at the beginning of an implementation. The last thing they want is the dreaded “consulting” answer of “It […]

April 28, 2017

Storage vendors pitch new systems in innumerable ways. Whether they tout performance claims about IOPS and low latency, protection, reliability, and security features or sell on convenience, capacity, cost, or even brand reputation, there are many options vendors can offer […]

April 27, 2017

For long time, enterprise integration is one of the biggest challenges manufacturing companies are facing during PLM implementations. PLM integration can be very different from simple data exchange to federation. In  many situations, PLM vendors are promoting their “cloud” solutions as a way […]

April 25, 2017

Why did VMware acquire Wavefront? The start of the answer to this question comes with an understanding of what Wavefront is (or was). Wavefront was started by former Google engineers who set out to build a monitoring system for the […]

April 4, 2017

Wholesale distributors are complex businesses with many moving parts, long product lines, and a varied array of customers. The data generated from business operations and customer interactions can be immense and very valuable. However, businesses still relying on legacy systems […]

March 30, 2017

The ability to collect and analyze large amounts of data is one of the most useful developments in business technology. With this data, businesses not only provide better customer service, but they can also improve their advertising campaigns, perfect their […]

March 22, 2017

Master data management (MDM) is quickly becoming the driving force behind organizing data that is shared across the enterprise. Most applications in use today share data with each other in one form or another. Keeping that data under control, while […]

March 13, 2017

Few companies are using advanced analytics, despite experts’ bullish outlook on its potential as a business game changer. How can you get started? Advanced and predictive analytics seems to be at the top of its game, at least when it […]

February 10, 2017

Data science is a hot topic, and data scientists are the hot commodity. Google the phrase and there are a zillion results, many of which reference the most disruptive startups and innovative corporations. It’s all data science all the time […]

January 10, 2017

“Learn to code.” Around the world, it has been a familiar refrain. And the world has duly learned. Time was that the standard in-school computer education was little more than word processing, spreadsheets and some basic programming. When I taught […]

September 12, 2016

It’s been a busy summer in the artificial intelligence (A.I.) space, but the most interesting A.I. opportunities may not come from the biggest names. You may have heard about Tesla’s self-driving cars that made headlines twice, for vastly different reasons — a […]

September 7, 2016

Big data has been a big buzzword for more than a few years already, and it’s got some solid numbers to back that up, including $46 billion in 2016 revenues for vendors of related products and services. But the big […]

July 11, 2016

When an organization chooses to enhance their business infrastructure with a cloud-based ERP, CRM or PLM product, such as Netsuite, Salesforce, or Autodesk PLM 360 respectively, the question quickly arises: “Can I keep information in my existing systems synchronized with […]

July 11, 2016

Take one major trend spanning the business and technology worlds, add countless vendors and consultants hoping to cash in, and what do you get? A whole lot of buzzwords with fuzzy definitions. In the world of big data, the surrounding hype […]