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Vincent McBurney
Tooling Around in the IBM InfoSphere
by Vincent McBurney (Deloitte Manager)
 

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Vincent McBurney (Deloitte Manager) posted 9/6/2007 | Comments (0)

This page is a collection of recommended categories and posts for the blog Tooling Around on the IBM Information Server.

It is accessible using the shortened URL www.tooling.notlong.com.

My blogging objectives:  Share news about the information integration industry, tips on how to use the Information Server and funny stories about IT and data integration.

Here are shortcuts to categories of interest:

Certification | DataStage Tips | Satire | Industry News | Information on Demand 2007

 

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DataStage Certification

Posts on how to study for and pass the DataStage Certification exam.

How To: Study Guide for DataStage Certification

DataStage Certification - how to pass the exam

 

DataStage Tips

Developer tips, how to use DataStage 8.

DataStage 8 Tutorial: Using Range Lookups

The Top 7 Online DataStage Tutorials

Is the DataStage parallel transformer evil?

 

Satire

Data integration satire is not easy since it's a naturally boring topic - but I do my best.

A Day in the Life of a Spartan Test Manager

A Million Little Pieces of Data - Chapter 1

Call transcript from a Data Warehouse help line

 

Data Integration News

I try to go a bit deeper than the standard press releases and news stories about products that compete with the IBM Information Server:

JuxtaComm dreams of $138 billion in lawsuit against ETL vendors

Forrester ETL Wave from 2004 to 2007

IBM acquires Princeton Softech and managing test data does not need to suck any more

 

Data Quality

Love it or ignore it there are data quality posts about methods or about the QualityStage tool.

Gartner thinks everyone is looking up in the Magic Quadrant for Data Quality Tools, 2007

Travel from Melbourne to Las Vegas? Computer Says No

Why we love the Mizuho Securities 40 billion Yen data entry error

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way.

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