Comparative costs and uses of Data Integration Platforms - research and survey results 2010

Data integration has sometimes been portrayed as a necessary evil, a cost centre, a time sink, or in other unflattering terms. Conversely, some vendors, consultants, pundits and analysts have positioned various integration models and technologies aggressively as a miracle cure-all. However, there is a surprising lack of primary research to support any kind of claim with regards to the cost of, or cost-effectiveness of, data integration solutions. Even basic details on how data integration platforms are being used in organisations today are thinly supported by today