ETL vs ELT: We Posit, You Judge
Full disclosure: As this article is authored by an ETL-centric company with its strong suit in manipulating big data outside of databases, what follows will not seem objective to many. Read More
How to Tokenize Credit Card Data
Abstract: This article explains a method of protecting credit card data with tokenization using the IRI FieldShield data masking tool.
Submitting one’s credit card details electronically can be disconcerting (e.g., Read More
An Introduction to Data Mining
Note: This article was originally drafted in 2015, but was updated in 2019 to reflect new integration between IRI Voracity and Knime (for Konstanz Information Miner), now the most powerful open source data mining platform available. Read More
Converting & Upgrading MVS (z/OS) JCL Sort Parms
MVS, short for Multiple Virtual Storage, is the original operating system for IBM mainframe computers that is now z/OS. Its shell scripting or job control language (JCL), instructs the system how to run batch jobs or start subsystems. Read More
Introducing IRI Workbench
IRI Workbench is a powerful, and free integrated development environment (IDE) built on Eclipse designed for the user-friendly creation, management, and deployment of jobs in most IRI software products. Read More
Custom Data Manipulation and Security Solutions
Data Management and Protection Expertise – IRI Professional Services Now Open
In response to customer requests for bespoke applications across a broad range of data processing requirements, IRI now has an in-house business unit for the implementation of custom data transformation, ad hoc reporting, and data security solutions. Read More
Encryption Key Management and Why You Should Care
Encryption key management is one of the most important “basics” for an organization dealing with security and privacy protection. Major data losses and regulatory compliance requirements have prompted a dramatic increase in the use of encryption within corporate data centers. Read More
Eclipse: A Brief History
Eclipse was originally started by IBM in the late 1990s in response to the need for a common development platform for all IBM products. Read More
What is Data Pseudonymization?
This article deals with pseudonymization as one method of de-identifying or anonymizing sensitive data. IRI publishes more in-depth information on the topic in its learning center article on pseudonymization here. Read More
Data Masking and Encryption Are Different [video]
It is a common mistake to refer to data masking and data encryption interchangeably to mean the same things. While field-level encryption is considered one of many possible “data masking” functions, we define data masking and encryption as technically distinct processes below. Read More