This trend has far-reaching implications for the entire global industry.
Data warehousing is a hot topic in database management right now.
If you don't know what a data warehouse is, it doesn't matter. One of the tools we're adopting is basically a shuttle system for data. With this tool, for example, we can pick up data from a particular field in a particular database, manipulate it, and then dump it into another field in another database someplace else. This process can be completely automated, and described programmatically. For those with database experience, some light bulbs might be clicking on.