TDWI Q&A: Data Integration and Cloud Computing

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I participated in a Q&A session with TDWI recently and provide my thoughts on the following questions:

• What impact is cloud computing having on traditional IT roles and responsibilities?
• What are some of the barriers to adoption of cloud-based applications and platforms?
• What is the role of data integration as it relates to cloud computing?
• Can companies move incrementally to the cloud without making a full-on commitment?
• What about service-level agreements? How should they be enforced with cloud vendors?
• What sort of architecture should companies look for, especially for BI and data warehousing applications?
• What about performance concerns, especially with large data sets?
• How is Informatica addressing the cloud computing opportunity and challenge?

As there doesn’t appear to be a comment section on the site, I’d appreciate any feedback or comments you might have on the discussion.

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