The Future of Data Integration

Like the entire field of data management, data integration keeps evolving as technology shifts and new applications come to the forefront. Initially, data integration was focused on challenges that occur within enterprises. As the Web emerged, new problems were introduced to data integration, such as scaling to a much larger number of sources and handling sources with less structure. We continue to see the field evolving today as data is being produced faster than ever before and in new forms. In this chapter we touch upon some of the trends we see in data integration and areas that require additional attention.