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Feed: Actian. Author: Pradeep Bhanot. Having a lot of data available to you is a good thing, right?  That depends.  Data is a raw material, like a mineral mined from the ground.  It contains a potential for creating value, but that potential is only realized through refinement.Your company produces a lot of data every day (every second really). Merely creating and/or possessing this data doesn’t mean it is generating value for you.  Harvesting value from your company data requires a transformation process to convert data into information, to actionable insights, to decisions, and then to action. Data management professionals, IT ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Sampa Choudhuri. Modern businesses don’t run on a single application – they leverage many IT systems to provide the capabilities to enable operational processes and users to be effective.  To ensure complex IT environments run smoothly, companies are placing increased focus on how systems are integrated, and the activities required to manage integrations across the ecosystem.  While system integration is a multi-layered challenge, the essential part to get right is your enterprise data integration strategy.An enterprise data integration strategy is a set of policies, processes, design guidelines, and governance controls that you put in place to ensure ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Pradeep Bhanot. Digital transformation has drastically expanded the use of operational systems, IoT, and other technologies within companies’ business processes.  This is a good thing.  It means that end-users, whether they be employees, partners, or customers, are more productive.  The introduction of modern operational technologies and integrating them into business processes is only the first step in the digital transformation journey.  Next comes a focus on managing operational data and developing the real-time reporting platforms that give operators and decision-makers better control over digitally transformed processes.Digital Transformation has Created More Real-Time Data A farmer with a tractor ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Rohit De Souza. A letter to our customers and partners:At Actian, our hearts and thoughts go out to the people who have been affected by this unprecedented global event and we appreciate the healthcare workers, local communities, and governments around the world who are on the front line working to contain this pandemic. Our focus is on the health and safety of our employees, family and the communities we engage with socially and professionally. Please know that we are vigilantly monitoring the COVID-19 (coronavirus) situation around the clock and we are confident we have taken the necessary ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Pradeep Bhanot. Modern businesses are fueled by data.  The insights that your data bring are what power decision making, enables you to optimize business processes and respond to changing market conditions.  The organizations that have data and manage it well – excel.  Those that lack data or struggle to harvest actionable insights from their data have a tougher time.One of the most significant challenges IT has as the stewards of company data is striking a balance between high-performance real-time data processing performance of individual business processes and the deep/enterprise-scale analytics required for solving the company’s biggest problems.   ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Sampa Choudhuri. Digital transformation is a journey, not a destination.  Over the past few years, companies of all sizes, across industries have embarked on digital transformation journeys to modernize the way they leverage technology within their organizations.Business processes have been re-defined and deeply integrated with IT systems, applications, and automation capabilities to create highly efficient operations that maximize the value return from both human and technology resources. Most companies have embraced digital transformation and are beginning to reap the benefits in terms of increased productivity and process capacity.  But now what?  The initial “transformation” project is wrapping ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Sampa Choudhuri. Are you challenged to provide faster access to integrated data across a diverse and distributed IT landscape?Over the past few years, IT organizations are increasingly being asked to automate the systems and processes involved in integrating and preparing their data for reporting, leveraging things like active metadata, artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML) algorithms, and knowledge graphs. Bringing traditional data sources together and augmenting them using these modern capabilities requires a different design approach – that’s where a data fabric comes in. What is a Data Fabric? A data fabric is a design concept ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Sampa Choudhuri. Some exciting technology trends are emerging that are projected to hit the mainstream over the next few years that will have a significant impact on your data management systems.  Will your integration platform be ready to support these new trends?  If not, now is the time to act so you will be prepared to support a new wave of business capabilities your company will need to succeed.Emerging Technology Trends that are Poised to Disrupt the Status Quo The IT industry is changing rapidly, and there are 4 key emerging technology trends that data management and ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Pradeep Bhanot. If you want your business to be agile, you need to be leveraging real-time data.  The environments that your businesses operate in are changing faster than ever – new competition in the marketplace, regulatory changes; operational issues; and new technology advancements are only the tip of the iceberg.  If you want to survive and thrive in the fast-paced business environment, you need to be agile.To be agile, you need to understand what is going on in your environment, make quick and informed decisions, and then rapidly respond to exploit opportunities and mitigate risks.  Every moment ... Read More

Feed: Actian. Author: Sampa Choudhuri. Robotic process automation (or RPA for short) is the term used to describe the next generation of technology-enabled workflow management capabilities.  RPA solutions come in various sizes and shapes from a myriad of different vendors. RPA is the current buzzword and has enormous growth opportunity but integration is complex and requires expensive skills and resources.Still, the underlying premise is the same – in a post-digital transformation environment, companies need the ability to leverage a wide variety of technology components to support their business: IoT, cloud services, mobile devices, SaaS software, and traditional IT systems. To ... Read More