how fme became a tool for enterprise information management
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How FME Became a Tool for Enterprise
Information Management
Erik BodewitzSpatial Business Systems
Hello Denver!Erik Bodewitz
Oracle Spatial: 1996FME user: 2000FME trainer: 2007SBS: 2015
A story about almost 2 decades of evolution in the use of FME. From the specialists ETL tool FME grew into a solution for
integrating data in large enterprises.
FME and Magic
History
Starting to use FME.
Pre FME Era:
Oracle SQL*LoaderSpatial Data exchange was a challenge
FME Quick Translator
First tool to translate Spatial data
FME Quick Translator
Then add functionality with every programmers favorite tool:the Text Editor
FME Quick Translator
So we wrote a lot of FME scripts that only a few could understand
FME Quick Translator
Programmers and specialists were in charge of data conversion
But we all know what happens to kingdoms!
FME Workbech
A GUI based tool to create ETL workflows
A user friendly interface
Not only for the few specialists
But if you are in for a challenge and you like puzzles…
Resulting in a large grow of users
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Customers
Licenses
From creating FME data: conversions for customers
To supporting customers with:projectsconsultancytraininghelpdesk
Focus of work changed for FME specialist
Differentiation in roles:Data specialistsFME specialists
Information users
FME Server
Self serve tool for data users
Web interface delivering services:
Information on demandScheduling
Notifications (event-driven)
FME Server
Tool for automation
FME Cloud
FME Server as a service
NohardwarepurchasesNomoresoftwareupdates
Present
What does that mean for FME specialists at this moment
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So what can be expected of a good FME restaurant?
Software support:InstallLicensing
So what can be expected of a good FME restaurant?
Helpdesk
So what can be expected of a good FME restaurant?
Training
So what can be expected of a good FME restaurant?
Project support and consultancy
So what can be expected of a good FME restaurant?
Strategic:Master Data Management
Future:More …..
More dataMore speed
More information required
More FMEchallenges!!!
