Every data integration initiative-whether it supports better decision making, a merger/acquisition, regulatory compliance, or other business need-requires a set of processes to be completed before the data can be made available to business users. Though this set of processes is fairly well understood by industry practitioners, there are still many areas left unaddressed and, therefore, the process is time-consuming, inefficient, unpredictable, and costly.

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