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Leverage data virtualization to enable full-featured data servicesWith the constant proliferation of digital interactions, and the availability of increasingly voluminous, less expensive storage solutions, organizations are often in possession of more data than they can handle. In such organizations, stakeholders are often unaware of what data is available, let alone where it is stored, or how it needs to be accessed. Rather than finding the best source of information for a given task, analysts often go with the first source they can find, diminishing the value of the data.One solution is a...

The combination of Denodo and Looker delivers a modern BI infrastructure built on the foundation of a logical data warehouse. By leveraging templated Looker Blocks for various data sources, getting started with analysis is amazingly fast.Download this solution brief to understand:The benefits of combining data virtualization with data analytics.The data architecture of the Denodo data virtualization platform and the Looker data analytics platform.How Denodo and Looker work together to deliver value to customers such as Ultra Mobile.

Leverage data virtualization for seamless M&A that deliver expected gains.Companies engage in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to gain new capabilities, reduce operational costs, eliminate competitors, and enter new markets. Unfortunately, most M&A eff orts fail to deliver the results that upper management expects.One reason for this high failure rate is that M&A activities need to be resolved as quickly as possible, since they carry a cost, yet they require complex integrations at the technology level, which take time. Employee and customer data, sales processes, and financial...

Leveraging Data Virtualization To Avoid Cloud PitfallsCompanies are rapidly moving from desktop apps to cloud-based apps, and they’re moving data from physical data centers to cloud-based repositories. These trends show no signs of slowing down; IDG predicts that by 2018, the typical IT department will house most of its apps and platforms in the cloud. Unfortunately, both app migrations and data migrations are fraught with challenges, and companies will need to overcome these challenges if they hope to take full advantage of cloud benefits. 

In this video, Dan Young, Chief Data Architect at Indiana University, discusses how they used data virtualization to improve their decision-making across the university.

Realizing the Promise of Self-Service AnalyticsSelf-service analytics promises to liberate business users to perform analytics without the assistance of IT, and this in turn promises to free IT to focus on enhancing the infrastructure. Download this solution brief to learn more about the following:How fragmented data is seamlessly unified.How a high-maintenance data integrations are replaced by a single, low-maintenance data virtualization layer.How data delays are virtually eliminated, as data can be accessed in real time.How data integrity is preserved.How data lineage is fully traceable....

Digital transformation and the insurance industry - taking customer connection to a new level.Digital transformation is affecting all industries, and Forrester observes that it is profoundly affecting the insurance industry, saying that “digital insurance strategy leaders must reinvent their companies to become fundamentally digital, from underwriting through to claims settlement.”Download this solution brief to learn more about the following:

Retail companies are leveraging data virtualization to enable seamless experiences across online and in-store environments. For the last two decades, retailers have been serving a customer base that has been increasingly fickle. They are empowered to research available options, check ratings, compare notes with their personal and professional networks, and switch brands. They now expect to interact with retail brands with the same immediacy that they interact on social networks.To do that, both established and modern retailers need to adopt hybrid strategies that embrace physical and virtual...

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance, (GRC) StreamlinedGovernance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) are three formidable topics in their own right, but they are addressed together because a lapse in one area can create an immediate lapse in the other two. When operating effectively, the three combined facets of GRC enable an organization to survive in a demanding regulatory environment, so that it has a chance to thrive. Conversely, if any of these facets are threatened in an organization, the organization will not be able to remain competitive for long. And although financial...

Indiana University Improves Strategic Decision Making Across the Organization Using Data VirtualizationAs with most educational institutions, Indiana University (IU) has had a long history in business reporting and business intelligence, dating back to the days of the mainframe. Recently, the university began a new, multi-year project called the Decision Support Initiative (DSI), dedicated to helping IU improve decision making through enhanced data, models, and processes. DSI aims to improve access to data and analytic technologies, thereby providing transparency across the IU system, leading...