Managing Data in Motion

Chapter 2

What Is Data Integration?

Information in this Chapter

Data in motion 

Integrating into a common format—transforming data 

Migrating data from one system to another 

Moving data around the organization 

Pulling information from unstructured data 

Moving process to data 

Data in motion

Planning the management of data in data stores is about “persistent” data that sits still. Managing the data that travels between systems, applications, data stores, and organizations—the “data in motion”—is central to the effectiveness of any organization and the primary subject of this book.

It shouldn’t be news that available, trusted data is absolutely critical to the success of every organization. The processes of making the data “trusted” is the subject ...