Why IBM Spent $11BN on Acquiring ‘Confluent’
Where It Fits Into IBM’s Architecture And Where It Integrates On Day One IBM recently spent $11BN on acquiring Confluent, and many...
Data Sovereignty Has Evolved
Do you actually control your data environment, or are you just consuming it? For some workloads, it won’t matter. For others, particularly...
Getting Your Data AI-Ready with Smallnet’s Business Term Creator
We have recently been posting a few blogs around the importance of getting your data AI-ready. This is particularly crucial as...
AI-Powered DataStage: Revolutionising ETL Pipelines with Natural Language
At SmallNet Consulting we have been specialising in DATA Integration for over 25 years and today AI is becoming very much...
Understanding Modern Data Lineage: Importance, Benefits, Use Cases and how to consider deployment
In today’s data-driven world, the ability to trust and understand data is paramount. Modern data environments are characterised by their distribution,...
Data Observability
There is a lot of discussion about Data Observability and why it’s important; this is a short summary of what it...
IBM Relationship Explorer
At SmallNet Consulting, we’ve been implementing and providing training in data governance and data catalogs for over 15 years. The IBM Knowledge...
Leveraging IBM Knowledge Catalog for Effective Data Governance and AI Readiness
At SmallNet Consulting, we've been implementing and providing training in data governance and data catalogs for over 15 years. This blog...
Reinsurer Creates a Trusted Data Source with Data Cataloging and Data Lineage
A Smallnet client who is a leading Insurer and Reinsurer has gained great success from using IBM Information Server (IIS) tooling...
A Leading Property & Casualty Insurer & Re-insurer Netezza Data Warehouse Migration
For the past 7 years or more IBM have been selling and installing their Highly successful Netezza Mako Data Warehouse platform,...