Next Generation Integration App For The Enterprise

As someone who has had to - and still does - constantly manage transforming data between disparate systems, either on a one time or recurring basis, a new toolset that can do it better (faster and easier) is welcome news.

Enter K3 server from Broadpeak Partners. It's a next generation ETL tool.

With over 140 open source components the system can be purposed for moving and managing data from data stores in price repositories to electronic health records.

The system offers transparency (allowing you to see what data goes through and what fails, so you can act upon that), mapping (field x in System A maps to field y in System B) and rules (if data meets this criteria, then take this action).

Continuous Education

One of the reasons I enjoy I.T. as a profession is the opportunity to constantly learn ... new technologies and how to use and utilize existing technologies in different ways.

But it's not just learning new technology from vendor sources that I enjoy ... I am a firm believer in a solid liberal arts eduction.

One of the best places to take a class online is the MIT OpenCourseWare library.

Google Tools For Small (and Large) Business

As an advocate of cloud computing - both IaaS and PaaS solutions - for the enterprise I see it as both making IT organizations more flexible and - sometimes - more cost effective.

However small businesses can use cloud computing solutions as well; not only from an infrastructure perspective but also in providing consumers (their co-workers) enabling toolsets.

Here is a nice listing of twenty-five different Google tools to use for small (and large) businesses.