Comments on: Tools and those who enable their misuse http://datadoodle.com/2010/02/01/roots-of-tool-abuse/ Where the humans meet analytics and related subjects Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:48:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Darren Cunningham http://datadoodle.com/2010/02/01/roots-of-tool-abuse/#comment-753 Darren Cunningham Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:21:44 +0000 http://datadoodle.com/?p=1176#comment-753 Good post Ted. I haven't been reading your blog as much as I used to now that I'm focused on data integration as a cloud-based service at Informatica. This one struck me as very relevant to my new world, however, as we've been primarily selling integration applications to non-technical line of business "users" and SaaS administrators. As we've expanded our capabilities and strengthened the ties to our core on-premise products, it's been really interesting to witness the politics of the cloud and the impact it is having on both the traditional software buying cycle and the role of enterprise IT in the process. The tools are definitely changing and "those who enable their misuse" is only going to get worse unless there are clear and open lines of communication / collaboration between LOB and IT. Yes, the responsibility of focusing on "what is this for" falls on the vendors, but the buyers are also going to need to align in order to prevent the proliferation of point solutions that don't scale with the business, more data marts, fragmented data, and all of the traditional issues you've written so much about over the years. Good post Ted. I haven’t been reading your blog as much as I used to now that I’m focused on data integration as a cloud-based service at Informatica. This one struck me as very relevant to my new world, however, as we’ve been primarily selling integration applications to non-technical line of business “users” and SaaS administrators. As we’ve expanded our capabilities and strengthened the ties to our core on-premise products, it’s been really interesting to witness the politics of the cloud and the impact it is having on both the traditional software buying cycle and the role of enterprise IT in the process.

The tools are definitely changing and “those who enable their misuse” is only going to get worse unless there are clear and open lines of communication / collaboration between LOB and IT. Yes, the responsibility of focusing on “what is this for” falls on the vendors, but the buyers are also going to need to align in order to prevent the proliferation of point solutions that don’t scale with the business, more data marts, fragmented data, and all of the traditional issues you’ve written so much about over the years.

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