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EDI and Integration Planning

Are We Prepared For The Return To Growth?

Posted by Brad Loetz on Jun 30, 2010 11:20 AM


Just weeks ago I wrote in the June edition of THINKRONIZATION that we were seeing / hearing a lot about levels of preparedness in IT to support a return to growth. For those that expect company growth to return, some are prepared for it, others are planning for it, and a few are still operating as if they are in survival mode.

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Integration Competency Centers (ICCs)

Posted by Brad Loetz on Jun 16, 2010 12:46 PM


We attended the Informatica 9 World Tour event in March and were introduced to the idea of competency centers, AKA centers of excellence, as related specifically to integration. Informatica has done a lot of work on the data integration ICC concept and in fact have evolved their product(s) in line with this thinking. This concept is a more formal and complete one than in my blog article, "The Evolution and Convergence of EDI and EAI". And it should be since the ICC notion is based on the book Integration Competency Center: An Implementation Methodology, written by David Lyle, VP of Product Strategy at Informatica, and John Schmidt, President Worldwide Integration at Integration Consortium.
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Scenario Planning, Is Your Integration Group Ready For What's Next???

Posted by Brad Loetz on Oct 28, 2009 7:20 PM


If your organization is like most, you have reduced staff and non-essential expenditures. Maybe you have consolidated business systems and the teams that support those systems. It is likely you have also sought to get more out of the business integration environment you already have in place. All this has been in response to an economy that has been in decline for about two years now.

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Top 5 CIO Strategies for 2009

Posted by Scott Hulme on Sep 22, 2009 6:42 AM


To follow up on my post from last week, I have outlined the top five CIO strategies for 2009 according to Gartner's research and the presentation that I attended at the 2009 Sterling Commerce Customer Connection in April of this year. Again, it is interesting to look back to see how these strategies may compare to how 2009 has unfolded within your organization and your CIO's strategies as we look toward 2010. Read More

Selected B2Bi and EAI Contracting Survey Results...

Posted by Brad Loetz on Aug 17, 2009 9:42 AM


At the end of first quarter 2009, REMEDI administered an informal survey to integration and eCommerce leaders in various companies across many different vertical industries.

The results were interesting to say the least. The survey results confirmed assumptions in some areas, and enlightened us in others. The intent of this survey was to better understand attitudes and awareness surrounding integration and E-commerce from a contract services and recruiting/placement perspective.

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