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IBM’s InfoSphere FastTrack

Timothy Valihora is an IBM Information Server (IIS)-certified consultant and IT specialist who specializes in data conversion and data warehousing. As the president of TVMG Consulting, Inc., Timothy Valihora helps clients in Canada and the U.S. facilitate data integration and development processes with products such as IBM’s InfoSphere FastTrack.

Data warehouses help businesses manage information to develop insight into sales, products, and customer trends. However, while most data warehouses are time consuming to implement, InfoSphere FastTrack streamlines communications and accelerates the conversion of data. The software includes many features, such as a centralized platform for data integration, a drag-and-drop feature for arranging information, and established data profiles to assist with mapping and searches. Additionally, its integrated Microsoft Excel like interface enables FastTrack to offer a user-friendly import/export feature. Employing these elements, FastTrack increases responsiveness and efficacy to improve collaboration between IT professionals and businesses.

In recent years Mr. Valihora has specialized in supporting the “Grid” system – in terms of DataStage/QualityStage (IBM’s Grid Toolkit for DataStage, the SUN Grid Engine, IBM’s Platform LSF etc.) – and also has worked extensively with Information Analyzer, Business Glossary, Metadata Workbench and Information Services Director.

Tim Valihora is one of the very top DataStage job performance tuners/technical architects in North America.

Mr. Valihora has over 6000 DataStage PX/QualityStage jobs – currently executing in production environments – in Canada and the US.