B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

It’s December 31, 2014…well not quite yet!  Let’s say hypothetically speaking, it’s December 31, 2014.  Are you looking forward to ringing in the New Year or are you dreading it, and thinking it’s just going to be another year?

Have you posed this question to your Data Integration Team?  How can we make 2015 our best year yet and even more importantly, how can each one of us elevate and equip others on our Data Integration Team for their optimal success in 2015?

I've been noticing a trend as of late.  You see a lot of new businesses having Grand Opening celebrations, but what's up with companies having Grand Re-Opening celebrations? 

Grand Re-Openings are a somewhat new marketing technique...attention getting and usually revolving around a new facility, new business format, new products, and/or new services.  So what does this have to do with Data Integration, Data Transformation, and Data Exchange? 

This will take some imagination so stick with me... 

During the 4^th quarter of 2014, most companies are working on budgets for 2015.  I recently came across a new report by Forrester of the US Tech Market for 2014 and 2015.  The new projections for the final months of 2014 and for 2015 seem to be in line with what we have seen in our industry.  REMEDI works with companies in various industries and sizes, in our niche of B2B, EDI, and MFT our client and prospects have big plans for 2015.

Two Quick Thoughts

We often think of soft skills as being synonymous with interpersonal skills.  However soft skills can also be those personal attributes that help us do our jobs more efficiently.  When interviewing technical candidates it is easy to overlook the importance of assessing a candidate’s soft skills.   Here are a couple of my favorite interview questions that can help in this area.

Leaders come in all shapes and sizes and not everyone considers themselves a leader, however I believe we all have qualities that make us leaders.  In past blogs we’ve discussed the value of training, leadership, and giving back to our peers and community.  All of these things contribute to your values and the success of your team.  We are continually influencing others around us, our co-workers, children, family, etc.