B2B Data Integration and Transformation Blog

Data integration powers the modern enterprise. It enables companies to derive valuable insights from their information. However, you can only do that if you have the right data integration solution.

Football coach Vince Lombardi once said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.” That saying holds true outside of sports, too. By working toward a goal of perfection, organizations too can achieve excellence.

American tennis player Roger Crawford once said, “Being challenged in life is inevitable. Being defeated is optional.” During IT projects, challenges and barriers to success are inescapable. However, they are not necessarily insurmountable; being aware of such obstacles early enables you to overcome them.

You might know why you need business integration, but do the higher-ups at your company understand? What might be clear to one person may not be so obvious to another. However, you should not abandon your vision for business integration simply because members of the C-suite are not sold.

What do system integration and a road trip have in common? You need maps for both if you plan on getting anywhere. With system integration, data mapping is a crucial step to integration success.

This post addresses why data mapping is so vital, what can go wrong without data mapping, and how to start data mapping.