When was the last time you evaluated your data integration practices?

Chances are you fall into the most common category of data integration strategies, as manual coding - writing SQL integration scripts - is as prevalent today as texting.

But advances such as automation, real-time complex event processing, data virtualization and Web and data services are changing the way data integration is applied.

Read this expert e-brief featuring insight from Rick Sherman, founder of consultancy Athena IT Solutions, and learn everything you need to know about today's data integration market.

Sherman explains the potential pitfalls of relying on manual coding and the obvious benefits of using automated tools, why extract, transform and load (ETL) tools are still the most prevalent form of data integration software, how big data and an influx of unstructured data is altering how companies are applying data integration techniques and so much more.