Thinkronization Newsletter - August 2009
We are pleased to announce the first edition of "Thinkronization". The thinking person's E-newsletter for business and data integration professionals who are focused on the synchronization of systems and business. This newsletter is an enhanced piece from REMEDI once published years ago as the "REMEDI rEsource". Now published semi-monthly, the content will contain thought leadership content focused on news, research, trends, blog posts, services, and placement, within the IT disciplines of Business-to-Business Integration (B2Bi) and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI).
Integration Strategy, Integration Suites - What's Your Plan?
We have written pieces in the past that have chronicled the evolution of EDI and EAI software products. Some of these products have evolved into multi-functional integration suites capable of EDI, EAI, comms/file transfer, process modeling and data routing. With this blended and enhanced functionality in integration tools, which are often based on SOA design, there is opportunity to consolidate older single purpose tools onto an enterprise wide integration platform. Along with this comes the opportunity to arrange various integration groups into a single team responsible for all company integration development.
An Enterprise Integration Strategy can guide your acquisition and use of an integration product suite.
Hiring Trends
Pendulums make for pretty good employment cycle analogies because they both have a recognizable arc, apex, and return path. Regardless the size, pendulums typically aren't dangerous unless you turn your back on them. That's when you don't see "it" coming until...Wwhhhaaack!The first time you get caught flat-footed because the market's best candidate took a role elsewhere (or worse, a better offer at one of your competitors) can be sobering leaving you with quite a headache.
We've had the opportunity several times to watch this pendulum effect as employment markets heated up and cooled off, only to invariably grow hot again. The hiring managers who best leverage the pendulum's momentum seem to follow a few simple patterns that work to prevent them from getting blind-sided.
Here are a few suggestions to consider as the current technical labor pendulum prepares to swing back.
Just Released...Scenes From A Server - Part 2
For those that enjoyed (or were disturbed by) the last one, here is "PART 2" of the multi-part video series "SCENES FROM A SERVER". We released the first of the series back in June. The video puts a funny spin on the data integration challenges that face businesses today. As you will see bad "Data", and the integration of it, continues to be a problem for the "System" integrator.Thousands viewed the first video. View and forward to your Information Technology friends. The video is accessible on our videos page.
Another Year In The Books...
On July 13th we completed our 16th year in business! In many respects it seems as though it was just yesterday. In other respects the Industry has been through a lot of changes. REMEDI and our clients have endured those changes, not to mention three economic downturns of major significance. Fortunately, we are in a niche that assists clients in enhancing productivity and efficiency, along with reducing cost.We would like to thank all those who made the last 16 years possible, and, we'll be counting on you for a few more.
It's funny to look back at the inception of the company and consider the things of 1994.
- The White House launches its first web page
- Initial ecommerce sites were established
- $1.16 - Price of regular gasoline/gallon
- $0.29 - Cost of a first-class stamp
- Forrest Gump - Top grossing movie of the year
- ER and Friends - Premiered on NBC
- The O.J. high speed chase (where were you for that one?)
Thanks again to those who have contributed to REMEDI's success, and thanks for your consideration in tomorrow's eCommerce and integration initiatives.
