Viral Data in SOA - An Enterprise Pandemic
Viral Data in SOA
An Enterprise Pandemic
Author: Neal Fishman
The quality of information in our organizations continues to be suspect and poor. Spurred by the need to eliminate duplication, cut costs and offer greener solutions, organizations have renewed their efforts to centralize IT systems and deploy shared services.
A shared data resource exposed through a layer of services behaves more like a virus, unilaterally affecting all those that touch it. This book deals with treating and preventing harmful data in a Service Oriented Architecture. How badly are you infected?
SOA is big. Information on Demand is big. Compliance (SOX, Basel II, etc.) is big. Master Data Management is big. All of these things require data to be well conditioned: The level of quality in information has never been more important.
In a world refocused on consolidation, sharing, and reusing IT resources, now more than ever, organizations need to make sure their information is as perfect as they can make it.
IBM sells many different products aimed at improving data quality. This book would complement those products. For example, Information Server and Information Analyzer, as well as those IBM products that help customers build SOA applications, Master Data Management applications, etc.
About the Author:
Neal Fishman heads the integration forensics program in IBM’s Software Group. He has been involved in many aspects of information technology and has developed many unique perspectives throughout his career. He is co-author of the textbook, Enterprise Architecture Using the Zachman Framework. He has spoken at conferences in North America, Australia, and Europe and has had numerous articles appear in information technology publications. Neal has been a distance-learning instructor for the University of Washington in data resource management and was the Technology Editor for the Data to Knowledge Newsletter. He has served on the standards committees for the IEEE IDEFobject and the Business Rules Group. He was an ExperNet expert for Giga, a member of the IEEE, a board member of the DAMA Atlanta Chapter, and is a Practicing Member of the World Wide Institute of Software Architects. Neal holds IBM certifications in DB2, DataStage, QualityStage, and Information Analyzer.
An Enterprise Pandemic
Author: Neal Fishman
The quality of information in our organizations continues to be suspect and poor. Spurred by the need to eliminate duplication, cut costs and offer greener solutions, organizations have renewed their efforts to centralize IT systems and deploy shared services.
A shared data resource exposed through a layer of services behaves more like a virus, unilaterally affecting all those that touch it. This book deals with treating and preventing harmful data in a Service Oriented Architecture. How badly are you infected?
SOA is big. Information on Demand is big. Compliance (SOX, Basel II, etc.) is big. Master Data Management is big. All of these things require data to be well conditioned: The level of quality in information has never been more important.
- Verizon was sued in 2007 for misstating subscriber numbers.
- Mizuho Securities Co caused a two percent drop in the Nikkei index by placing an erroneous trade in 2005.
- Companies like Target and Safeway have problems linking items to descriptions on their websites.
In a world refocused on consolidation, sharing, and reusing IT resources, now more than ever, organizations need to make sure their information is as perfect as they can make it.
IBM sells many different products aimed at improving data quality. This book would complement those products. For example, Information Server and Information Analyzer, as well as those IBM products that help customers build SOA applications, Master Data Management applications, etc.
About the Author:
Neal Fishman heads the integration forensics program in IBM’s Software Group. He has been involved in many aspects of information technology and has developed many unique perspectives throughout his career. He is co-author of the textbook, Enterprise Architecture Using the Zachman Framework. He has spoken at conferences in North America, Australia, and Europe and has had numerous articles appear in information technology publications. Neal has been a distance-learning instructor for the University of Washington in data resource management and was the Technology Editor for the Data to Knowledge Newsletter. He has served on the standards committees for the IEEE IDEFobject and the Business Rules Group. He was an ExperNet expert for Giga, a member of the IEEE, a board member of the DAMA Atlanta Chapter, and is a Practicing Member of the World Wide Institute of Software Architects. Neal holds IBM certifications in DB2, DataStage, QualityStage, and Information Analyzer.
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Permalink Reply by Susan Visser on -
Viral Data in SOA
by Neil Fishman
Meet Neil Fishman at the IOD Conference and get him to sign a copy of your book! Neil will be at the IOD Bookstore on Monday, October 26 from 1:30 - 2:30.
Three IBM Press books (that I worked on) were published this summer.... read about it in my blog entry.
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Permalink Reply by Susan Visser on
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Great review for book: Viral Data
Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic by Neal Fishman was reviewed in Data Quality Edge in November. "What did I like about this book? Everything. What didn't I like about it? Not much."
OCDQ blog reviewed the book calling it a "remarkable new book."
The California Bookwatch reviewed Viral Data in SOA saying it is "A 'must' for a range of IT managers and professionals at all levels of business."
It also has earned an average of five stars (out of five) in customer reviews on amazon.com one of which also called it a "must read for IT professionals and business data owners" and a second review said it was "Amazing! Even if you think you don't need to know anything more about the subject of data, I would recommend that you get a copy of this book."
You can get 35% off the full price of this book! Act now... I'm not sure if this deal ends at the end of the month or not.
Oh, I should add my review! I read most of the book before it was published and found it amazing! A very interesting read ..... very hard to put down. Read it and let me know what you think!
Susan
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