•Until 5 years ago:
–Data integration = Data warehousing.
•Since then:
–A wave of startups:
•Nimble, MetaMatrix, Calixa, Composite, Enosys
–Big guys made announcements (IBM, BEA).
–[Delay] Big guys released products.
•Success: analysts have new buzzword – EII
–New addition to acronym soup (with EAI).
•Lessons:
–Performance was fine. Need management tools.
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