{"id":7758,"date":"2017-10-18T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/?p=7758"},"modified":"2017-09-05T07:22:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T15:22:15","slug":"data-virtualization-building-a-single-common-interface-to-business-data-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/data-virtualization-building-a-single-common-interface-to-business-data-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Virtualization: Building a Single Common Interface to Business Data Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Data virtualization provides a real-time &#8220;virtual&#8221; interface to data that originates from multiple data sources. \u00a0Data virtualization is useful for applications like Business Intelligence (BI), Big Data, and in organizations with federated repositories. \u00a0Data virtualization typically allows read\/write access with the data source, access to metadata, and full compliance with security.<\/p>\n<p>Some of 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