data integration

Combining disparate information

Data integration is the process of combining information from different sources into a unified view.

In computing and business, this typically means merging databases, file formats, or software systems so they can share and exchange information: The company's data integration project connected their sales and inventory systems.

The goal is usually to eliminate silos where information is trapped in incompatible formats.

technology

ETL

Source-to-destination data process

  • APISoftware communication standard
  • middlewareInter-application bridging software
  • databaseOrganized digital information collection

SQL · NoSQL · webhook · JSON · XML · schema · Hadoop · cloud computing · IoT · connector

unification

consolidation

Combining into unified whole

interoperability · synchronization · alignment · normalization · deduplication · transformation · aggregation · reconciliation · standardization · migration

efficiency

automation

Self-operating system design

latency · batch processing · streaming · parallel processing · optimization · scheduling · orchestration · monitoring · error handling · performance

Opposites
data connectivity and unification

data integrationinformation silos

Isolated pockets of unshared knowledge

closed systems

data movement direction

data integrationdecoupling

Removal of interdependence

unbundling

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