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Creating a Repository For Data Integration.(Company overview)

Basic data integration, the act of extracting, transforming and loading (ETL) structured data from disparate systems into a single data store so it can be manipulated and evaluated, carries with it certain logical elements and processes.

In today's insurance IT department, however, the vast amount (approximately 80% according to experts) of new data being generated is unstructured, (Web, VoIP, IM and e-mail) and being lopped into data silos that are growing exponentially. Integrating structured and unstructured data brings with it yet another layer of complexity.

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