Enterprise Information Integration (EII) software is a relatively new type of data integration application. In fact, most of the EII products have been released since the beginning of the new millennium. As a result, EII is not widely understood and its definition is still evolving. This purpose of this session is to describe the how EII software can fit in an enterprise reporting architecture, complimenting the other data integration elements, enterprise application integration (EAI) and extraction transformation and load (ETL). The session also aims to describe the benefits and typical applications of EII software in the different phases of the data warehouse lifecycle. The final section of the presentation describes the different factors that are typically considered in evaluating EII software.

• Enterprise Information Integration (EII) described
• Typical applications of EII
• How (EII) fits in enterprise reporting architecture
• Benefits of EII
• Evaluating EII software

Hans has 15 years experience in the information technology industry, the last nine years of which have been spent in the software industry, assisting clients with process improvement efforts and software evaluations with products ranging from databases, data mining, ETL, data quality, business intelligence, to budgeting and planning software. He founded SH Group in 2002 to focus on providing clients with corporate performance management (CPM) software evaluation assistance.

Hans is Vice President of Communications for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Data Management Association. He teaches classes on the software products of the data warehouse industry at the University of Denver, Daniels Graduate School of Business. Hans has a degree in engineering as well as an MBA with a concentration in finance and marketing. Hans' success has been due in part to his understanding of CPM best practices and the critical functionality supporting best practices delivered by the various software products.