Data integration involves combining data residing in different sources and providing users with a unified view of these data. This process becomes significant in a variety of situations, which include both commercial (when two similar companies need to merge their databases) and scientific (combining research results from different bioinformatics repositories, for example) domains. Data integration appears with increasing frequency as the volume and the need to share existing data explodes. NOTE: Several disciplines are related to this category of products. E.g. Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Information Management, Master Data Management - all of which attempt to resolve the issue of disparate conflicting, inconsistent data.
At enlyft, we use sophisticated, patent-pending algorithms to track the use of various Data Integration products and technologies. We track 222 products in the Data Integration category, and have found 371,259 companies using these products.