Category:Data Federation Technology

Like APIs, but for database integration.

"Data federation software, which integrates data straight from the source, can help fill the gaps left by fragmented departmental data warehouses."

I'm particularly interested in what industries this can effectively be applied to, and what the legal and ethical implications are as we continue to progress with software and technologies that integrate data from diverse sources. What will the privacy and rights of use agreements look like? What are the consequences if companies, like health competitors, withhold information or purposely bog down the retrieval and transfer process -- legal or social ramifications? Who's responsible if there are errors or inconsistencies in the data that's retrieved? Security issues as we move towards cloud-based computing?

http://businessintelligence.com/dictionary/data-federation/

http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/definition/data-federation-technology

http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/news/1352121/Data-federation-technology-complements-fragmented-data-warehouses

http://www.b-eye-network.com/view/14507

http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/quiz/Enterprise-data-integration-quiz

http://searchbusinessintelligence.techtarget.in/photostory/2240150465/Enterprise-data-warehouse-deployment-A-step-by-step-tutorial/1/A-practical-guide-to-data-warehouse-tools