Apache Kafka is the kind of product that is relatively easy to describe at a high level, but when it comes down to explaining the deeper advantages and potential use cases, it gets a bit harder to...

When it comes to data processing, there are more ways to do it than ever. Your choices include real-time, near real-time, and batch processing. How you do it and the tools you choose depend largely...

Big data has moved beyond ‘new tech’ status and into mainstream use. Most businesses are now leveraging data integration to consolidate systems, eliminate data silos, and streamline...

Bad data costs time and money. The majority of companies know that bad data is an issue, yet have no solid plan in place for eliminating bad data and its effects. In fact, one study concluded that 85...

According to Mike Picou, Senior Software Engineer for the Mainframe team at Precisely, about 98 percent of all organizations currently using IMS are interested in migrating to Db2. IMS to Db2...