Forrester研究报告：Information Fabric——企业数据虚拟化(Part I、摘要翻译)

Information Fabric: 企业数据虚拟化

Forrester研究报告

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Enterprises are facing the growing challenges of using disparate sources of data managed by different applications, including problems with data integration, security, performance, availability, and quality. 由于在不同的应用中管理的数据使用异构的数据源，企业在包括数据集成、安全、性能、可用性和质量等方面的问题上正面临越来越大的挑战。Business users want fast, real-time, and reliable information to make business decisions, while IT wants to lower costs, minimize complexity, and improve operational efficiency. 业务人员需要快速、实时且可靠的信息来做商业决策；然而IT人员却希望降低成本、最大程度降低复杂度并提高处理的效率。New technology is emerging that Forrester has coined “information fabric,” a term defined as a virtualized data layer that integrates heterogeneous data and content repositories in real time. 新技术正在涌现，Forrester称其为“information fabric”，其定义了实时集成异构数据和内容库的虚拟数据层。This technology is provided via middleware components that deliver quality information — “the truth” — when and where it’s needed. 这种技术通过中间件组件提供，随时随地分发准确信息（“真相”）。Products from several major vendors like BEA Systems, IBM, and Oracle — as well as others from small innovators like Tangosol — are evolving to provide information fabric, but today custom integration is required to weave them together. 诸如BEA System、IBM和Oracle等主要供应商（也包括像Tangosol等一些小的创新公司）的几个产品正发展支持information fabric，但仍需要客户化的集成将他们组织在一起。The potential benefits of this technology are so great that enterprises should develop a strategy to leverage information fabric technology as it becomes more widely available. 这种技术的潜在优势如此巨大，以至于在information fabric技术变得广泛可用时企业需要制定策略来利用它。

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