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FixEDIIntegration_GeoPrizm
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Why You Should Fix Your EDI Integration, Even If It Ain’t Broke, Part One

Last month, my son junked his 92′ Geo Prizm. The beater had 250k+ miles on it, no heating or air conditioning, and broken door handles which resulted in manual window cranking in order to enter and ex...

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Andrew Griffin

BittersAndBooze
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Unexpectedly Good Integrations In Life: Amazing Bitters-And-Booze Pairings That Make Life Worth Living

At Adeptia, integration is our mantra — and not just data. We’re interested in all the fascinating and complementary intersections life has to offer....

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Tom Bentley

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Where Do IT People Get Paid The Most? Check Out This Infographic

We hear that IT people are valuable, so we got to thinking: how valuable, exactly, are they? And where can they find the highest-paying jobs in the U.S.?...

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Maryling Yu

ETLToolsComparison_2
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Just Shoot Me Now: I’ve Been Assigned To Do Another ETL Tools Comparison

Your mind goes blank. Your appendages go numb. You feel yourself plummeting into a state of crippling despair. You’ve been asked, for the umpteenth time, to do an in-depth comparison of the best ETL t...

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Raman Singh

ItsOnlyHuman_XRayArt
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Unexpectedly Good Integrations In Life: Artists Use Medical Technology For New Perspectives On Life

At Adeptia, integration is our mantra — and not just data. We’re interested in all the fascinating and complementary intersections life has to offer....

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Greg Sandler

IntegrationSaaS
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Here’s The Unpleasant Truth About Your Integration SaaS: It Looks Huge

I don’t like doing this, but somebody’s got to. It seems that nobody else has the guts to tell it to your face. I know you think your Integration SaaS makes you look good and that it’s working effecti...

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Raman Singh

5Promises_CIOs
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5 Promises CIOs Might Make, But Can’t Really Keep

In the past, I’ve written about what I think the progressive CIO should strive for in her organization....

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Deepak Singh

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The Fantastic 5 of B2B Integration
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The Fantastic 5 of B2B Integration

We’re excited for the opening of the redux of Fantastic Four® movie tomorrow night. So excited, in fact, that we needed out and made up our own superheroes that would tackle the injustices of B2B inte...

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Maryling Yu

Walmart_Gorilla
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Everything Is Going Fine With EDI Mapping And Then Along Comes Walmart

How do you do business with an 800 pound gorilla? How can you talk to him? What words does he understand? Maybe if you exaggerate your body language and facial expressions, he’ll be able to grasp your...

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Krishna Kumar

MFT_FailedRelationship
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Your Spotify Playlist For Getting Over A Failed Relationship With Your Managed File Transfer Software Vendor

When I was in high school, I made a mixtape for a girl I was hopelessly infatuated with. I spent hours agonizing over what songs to include, and in which order....

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Ryan Griffin

MissionImpossible_B2BInteg
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You Want A Real Mission Impossible? Try B2B Application Integration

It’s been almost two decades since Ethan Hunt and the IMF team chose to accept the mission delivered on a self-destructing voicemail. Five explosive, nail-biting movies later, they’re still thrilling ...

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Andrew Griffin

TradingPartnerMgmt
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5 Pieces Of Trading Partner Management Advice You’ll Thank Us For Later

I actually hate the term “trading partner management.” It sounds so dry, so lifeless. So devoid of any emotion — positive or negative. But that is what the business world uses to describe how we inter...

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Michael Behling

BACB_CustomCode
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The Dark Side of Custom Coding

Customization is a buzzword in IT nowadays, but it has its dark side as well — especially when it comes to custom coding. The Behavior Analyst Certification Board®, Inc....

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Raman Singh

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How To Immediately Destroy Customer Relationships: Have A Lousy Customer Data Onboarding Process

When I was younger (and much dumber), I bought an existing day spa business. On the day I took over, I had 16 employees, 7 treatment rooms, 2 pedicure chairs, and 0 computers....

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Maryling Yu

INFOG_CoronerReport_EDI_website
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Coroners Say Cause of Death Was Choosing The Wrong EDI Integration Solution

Police tapes, fear in air, and discreet silence amid screaming ambulances just say one thing – somebody ran out of luck. That somebody is ED I....

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Maryling Yu

3ITChallenges_StopRevenue
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3 IT Challenges That Can Stop Small Companies From Growing Into Bigger Companies

Growing a business is no easy task. Especially when you consider that around 90 percent of startups eventually fail. The road to success is fraught with hiccups, headaches, and challenges, and IT (or ...

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Maryling Yu

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I Bought EDI Software, But I’m Still Up A Creek!

You know you have to use the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) data format to conduct business. So you went out and bought EDI software. Now you’ve got it installed, but you find — to your dismay — th...

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Andrew Griffin

DraftKing3
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How DraftKings® Has Changed Fantasy Sports (And My Daily Downtime)

If I’m too absorbed on my phone to notice you in the elevator or on the train, I apologize. Really. It’s just that I’ve been into fantasy sports about as far back as I can remember, and these new Draf...

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Todd Johnson

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Can Mountains of Data Transform Baseball the Way Statcast Hopes?

Here at Adeptia we’re excited about the way innovative technology is changing the way we work and play. In particular, it’s fascinating to see the ways data is becoming more and more available as a re...

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Alex Brooks

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A Month As CIO: The Seven Ways I Would Fix I.T.

If I had a month to play CIO, I could have some serious fun messing with innocent business users. Or, I might refer to myself as the ‘Overlord’ and force my whole Information Technology (IT) departmen...

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Deepak Singh

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How Two National Brands Used Data Integration To Supercharge Customer Satisfaction

If you think that good customer service from your favorite companies is simply a matter of friendly representatives, you’d be ignoring the real ‘help’ behind the scenes: that is, the IT departments th...

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Andrew Griffin