Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• ERP reporting tools' advantages and disadvantages

  Learn about the benefits and drawbacks of enterprise resource planning (ERP) reporting tools.  Continue Reading

• ETL tools and EDR tools: What's the difference?

  Learn the difference between extract, transform and load (ETL) tools and enterprise data replication (EDR) tools -- from data integration expert Jill Dyché.  Continue Reading

• Data architect careers: The benefits of working at a System Integrator

  Working as a data architect at a consultancy or System Integrator can be challenging, but has benefits. Find out the career value of working at a System Integrator, as advised by William McKnight.  Continue Reading

• Off-site data storage: How far away is far enough?

  Learn what factors are involved in determining how far away off-site data storage should be, from storage expert Greg Schulz.  Continue Reading

• Data quality management tools: Where to get unbiased information

  Find out where to go to get unbiased assessment and analysis of data quality management tools.  Continue Reading

• Information architect: Career path, skills and experience

  Learn about the career path of an information architect, as well as what type of experience is optimal for career development.  Continue Reading

• Career growth of a software developer

  Career growth depends on how well you do your job, who you work for and the cost of replacing and outsourcing what you do.  Continue Reading

• Why you should build a data warehouse

  Learn the argument for building a data warehouse, why building one takes time and how to sharpen your data warehousing skills.  Continue Reading

• Roles and salaries of data quality and governance analysts

  Learn where to go for information about the roles and salaries of data quality and data governance analysts.  Continue Reading

• Responsibilities of the information architect

  Learn the core responsibilities of the information architect beyond the scope of the business intelligence (BI) team.  Continue Reading

• Data warehousing tools for industry-specific data warehouses

  Learn the most important things to consider when selecting a data warehousing tool for an industry-specific data warehouse project.  Continue Reading

• The role of data governance in unstructured data

  Data governance has a role in unstructured data -- and it involves enterprise search and semantics.  Continue Reading

• How to maintain data quality and provide high quality information management and analysis

  Data quality and governance expert David Loshin says maintaining data quality and providing high quality information management and analysis are based on a mutual data governance model.  Continue Reading

• Data-as-a-service, explained and defined

  Data integration expert Jill Dyche defines data-as-a service (DaaS) and offers her view on outsourcing data.  Continue Reading

• ETL tools defined

  ETL tools offer functionality to extract, transform and load data from one system into another system, but our expert advises they're not optimal for application-to-application communication.  Continue Reading