Ever since the early days of reporting, data warehousing, and analytics, there has been a need for data integration for many reasons. However, if you fast forward 30 years to today, you will see the traditional extract/transform/load (ETL) approach is insufficient to enable real-time predictive and prescriptive analytics. This checklist explores ideas for determining where traditional approaches to data integration are impeding modern analytics and will guide the reader in ways to modernize. Your e-mail address is used to communicate with you about your registration, related products and services, and offers from select vendors.