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Viral Data in SOA

An Enterprise Pandemic

“This book is a must read for any organization using data-integration or data-interchange technologies, or simply any organization that must trust data. Neal takes the reader through an entertaining and vital journey of SOA information management issues, risks, discovery, and solutions. He provides a fresh perspective that no corporation should overlook; in fact, corporations might head blindly into SOA implementations without this awareness.”

–Kevin Downey, Senior Partner, Xteoma Inc., Canada

“Neal Fishman’s book on the viral affects of data is a much-needed warning signal for a time when critical consideration of risk and impact take a backseat in the thrive to integrate and apply new technologies. This book alerts its readers of potential risks and indicates how these can be minimized in real-world implementations. A must read for all decision makers for today’s increasingly complex information architectures.”

–Thomas Buehlmann, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Accenture, United States

Ensure the Reliability of the Data Your SOA Environment Depends Upon

Service-oriented environments can share data more widely and rapidly than ever before. Incorrect data can easily trigger inappropriate actions, prevent urgent actions from being taken, disrupt customer transactions and relationships, generate compliance problems, and damage business performance. Companies need a comprehensive blueprint for ensuring data reliability in their SOA environments. Viral Data in SOA provides that blueprint.

Leading IBM information forensics expert Neal Fishman helps you identify the unique challenges of data quality in your SOA environment–and implement solutions that deliver the best results for the long term at the lowest cost. Writing for both business and technical professionals, Fishman shows how to think about data quality on a risk/reward basis...establishing an effective data governance initiative...how to evaluate data quality, and overcome its inevitable decay...and, last but not least, how to actually derive a data quality initiative that works.

Coverage Includes

• Why poor-quality data in SOA can be dangerous to an organization

• Practical solutions for assessing, improving, and sustaining trusted information

• Why data governance is so critical–and realistic models for implementing it

• Benefits of data provenance

• Why business data is a form of metadata

• Programming and database design techniques to improve data quality

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 3 Ratings

Must Read for IT Professionals and Business Data Owners - 2009-10-24
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Viral Data in SOA is a must read by both IT Professionals and Business Data Owners. With the exponential expansion in the amount of data retained in organizations, comes the increased reliance on technology to analyze that data and make decisions about organizational direction. This book presents comprehensive considerations as to why today's organizational data is suspect. It then provides a holistic response structure to guide organizations through what needs to be done to improve data integrity.

A 'must' for a range of IT managers and professionals at all levels of business - 2009-10-17
Reviewer Rating:
Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic is a 'must' for any business or computer library strong in data integration or research. It tells why poor-quality SOA data can be dangerous to an organization, why data governance is critical, and why business data is key to an organization's health and structure. A 'must' for a range of IT managers and professionals at all levels of business.

Amazing! - 2009-07-20
Reviewer Rating:
Even if you don't think you need to know anything more about the subject of data, I would recommend that you get hold of a copy of this book. Viral Data in SOA: An Enterprise Pandemic is well written and even as a long time IT professional, the book opened my eyes to numerous and intriguing insights and details. This is an amazing book!

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