Kapow Katalyst Blog

I really enjoyed being a guest on DM Radio’s broadcast last week where we discussed “Innovation in Information Management”.

We live in a time of rapid change through an accelerated flow of information.  The time span between market fluctuations and subsequently the time to make appropriate decisions in direction or strategy is shortening each day.  More than ever it’s become necessary to look into the “crystal ball” to know what’s ahead so we can react quicker (and correctly).

The “old school” solution is to pre-build all the data access you could ever think of so it’s ready when you need it. This is the normal approach of SOA, Data Warehousing and Data Integration products.  It’s very resource intensive with a “something’s bound to stick” approach to providing the right data at the right time.

The “new approach” is to provide IT with the tools so they can deliver relevant, timely data from anywhere in an on-demand fashion when it is needed.

When I was asked, “What is the biggest innovation you have seen in data governance?” I responded that I’ve seen a common thread where most of the innovation is powered by enabling technologies with Web Data.  And it’s not simply a “better, cheaper, faster” approach, but quite honestly a paradigm shift in taking advantage of the accelerated world to turbo-charge business intelligence tools with web data services.

That’s real innovation in an accelerated world.

By:  Stefan Andreasen