Change Data Capture 101: What It Is and Why It Matters
What is change data capture? Does it have any importance or bearing on the work that you do? We’ll answer the first question shortly, but the answer to the second question is most certainly “yes.” This article explores what change data capture is, why it matters, best practices, and how Precisely can help. What is […]
From Your Mainframe to the Cloud in Three Minutes: Here’s How
Modern cloud data platforms are gaining rapidly in popularity, and for very good reasons. Enterprises have long recognized the benefits of having a robust data warehouse for advanced analytics, but there are some distinct limitations to a traditional on-premises approach. For many organizations, it has been a challenge to build a comprehensive data analytics platform […]
How to Build Real-Time Data Pipelines From Traditional Systems to Modern Platforms
Most modern enterprises are running multiple complex systems, including a mix of on-premises and cloud software, often deployed in various locations around the world. Typically, organizations must grapple with a host of different data models and nomenclatures, as well as adjust to a constantly changing landscape in which new systems are brought online, outdated systems […]
Why Data Integration Matters in Financial Services
2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created each day, and that number is continuously growing. For financial services companies, that presents untapped potential to gain better insights into existing customers, new business opportunities, target market audiences, and the competitive landscape. At the same time, this flood of data raises significant challenges for financial services companies […]
Real-time Data Streaming: Combine Old and New for Fresh Insights
Legacy systems are still a fixture in the enterprise IT landscape, and for good reason: they’re reliable and secure. Yet, historically, there are some drawbacks to using legacy systems, the most notable of which is data management. It’s often been difficult to integrate this data with information stored in newer systems and solutions, such as […]
3 Real-World Change Data Capture Examples
Change data capture is a necessity. In order to ensure that the changes you’ve made over time in one data set are automatically transferred to a second data set, you must ensure that change data capture has taken place. There is even more than one method to carry out change data capture. However, some methods […]
How Connect Helps Modernize IT Infrastructures
In an age in which significant marketplace shifts can take place with bewildering speed, many companies are finding that the IT infrastructure that served them well for many years can no longer keep pace. Faced with the necessity of modernizing their operations to meet new business requirements, enterprises that have historically relied on on-premises legacy […]
Connect CDC Named to DBTA List of Trend-Setting Products
Each year Database Trends and Applications magazine (DBTA) compiles a list of trend-setting data management and analysis products. These are the solutions the magazine believes best fulfill “the promise to help organizations derive greater benefit from their data, make decisions faster, and do so with higher levels of security.” It’s exciting to see that among the 100 […]
Change Data Capture vs. Change Tracking: Three Real-World Examples
In today’s world, ensuring that the data your business depends on for its daily operations is always reliably up-to-date is an absolute necessity. That’s why two relatively new technologies, change tracking and change data capture (CDC), have become vital tools for tracking changes made to the database systems that are at the heart of modern […]