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Metadata Driven Applications
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Data integration strategies that follow traditional ETL (Extract, Transform and Load)
approaches can be an incomplete solution. By nature, a Data integration-ETL solution
has a high reliance on the consistency of source data. This means that as source
operational systems evolve or get replaced there is a direct impact to decision
support environment because the data becomes dated (no pun intended). In a
worst-case scenario, this can render data non-operational. While tools such as
Informatica's PowerCenter and SuperGlue can pre-determine such an impact, the
optimal solution is in "moving the right data at the right time". This invariably gives
rise to a Data-hub solution which begins to act as an integration broker across many
data sources and associated applications. The data integration solution can be
augmented into a process integration solution, achievable when there is explicit
messaging between applications.
Messaging between applications is actually metadata, meaning that consistent and
well understood information is required for success. Products like Informatica's
SuperGlue which adopts Open Management Group Common Warehouse Model (OMG
CWM) standards present opportunities to function as a foundational component of
the overall solution.
An example of this is the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), a recent integration
innovation that combines message-oriented-middleware with patterns of ETL, XML
and workflow to provision the movement of data between application end-points.
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applications, creating business views specific to roles and processes within your
organization. Combined with a content management solution and a collaboration
strategy precisely address the needs of clients, customers, partners and employees.
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