TDAN.com has received numerous awards and recognition from
the likes of AOL, Netscape, @brint.com, datawarehouse.com,
searchdatabase.com, dogpile, ... and more. Links to TDAN.com
articles can be found in many publications and on many web-sites that
publish information about the data, information, content &
knowledge management industries.
The following comments were made by Friends, Colleagues & Readers of TDAN.com to help celebrate the 8th anniversary of the publication in July of 2006:
"I am very impressed that TDAN.com has been as good as it has and has been as successful as it has over these years. It bodes well for our industry that people are willing to read the articles that you post. And (aside from mine) you certainly post good articles. I am proud to have been part of it."
- David C. Hay, President, Essential Strategies, Inc.
"The data management profession plays host to a wide variety of views: from the hardline conservatives, to the radical reformers, and beyond that to the plain crazies. TDAN.com manages to provide a forum for the first two while keeping the third group at bay.
If I've got a new idea to publish, TDAN.com is the first place I go to: Bob Seiner has shown a willingness to provide a forum not only for mainstream thinking in data management, but for radical approaches and controversial proposals."
- Graeme Simsion, Simsion & Associates / University of Melbourne
"Having seen some of the process of creating TDAN.com, I know how much time and effort went into it. And still does to this day...publishing and editing is grueling work, especially to create a high quality end product. Kudos to Bob Seiner for his vision all those years ago, and for his tireless commitment ever since. TDAN.com is an essential part of the reading list for any serious data practitioner."
- Tony Shaw, Program Chairman & Co-founder, Wilshire Conferences, Inc.
"Congratulations to TDAN.com on its eighth anniversary! The ever-growing number of readers speaks to the quality and value of the content. As a media sponsor of our conferences, TDAN.com has been an integral part of our marketing plan, and we look forward to many more years of continued synergies between our organizations."
- Andrew Everett, President & Co-founder, Wilshire Conferences, Inc.
The critical need now, in TDAN.com's 8th year, is to produce data management ambassadors, diplomats, evangelists...even CIOs, from the data management ranks. TDAN.com's readership needs to apply this important resource to recruit from outside our ranks and bring the new converts into the fold. Onward and upward! Bob and TDAN.com, here's to eight more great years!
- Bill Lewis, Principal Consultant, Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc.
"TDAN.com is one of the BEST email newsletters I have seen across ANY technology or industry. TDAN.com's content is always thorough, complete, and informative. I always read TDAN.com. Keep up the good work Bob!"
- Stu Carty, President, Gavilan Research Associates
"We live in an interesting time where information and knowledge is disseminated through a voice we call the Internet. Not too long ago, information was valued by how few people had access to it. Today, large amounts of information are freely available to millions of people and value is exponential. The Data Administration Newsletter provides an enormous amount of information on data related technologies. Eight years is an astonishing amount of time to publish relevant information to those of us in the community. I appreciate the voice and the sharing of best practices from some of the best minds in the business."
- R. Todd Stephens, Ph.D.
"Congratulations for providing the best place on the web for articles and resources for information management professionals. Much continued success."
- Davida Berger, President, DebTech International, LLC & The Meta-Data Professional Organization
I first met Bob in October 1998 when we were both speakers at a data quality conference in Chicago. That is also when I first learned about TDAN.com, in existence a little over a year at that time. Well, Bob, it?s another 7 years later. We've kept track of each other, been speakers at the same conferences, our careers have progressed, and TDAN.com, like the Energizer Bunny, has kept on going and going. Congratulations! Thanks for your work, creativity, and contribution to the data community. It is a great resource for all of us. Here's to many more years of TDAN.com!
- Danette McGilvray, President and Principal, Granite Falls Consulting, Inc.
The following comments were made by Friends, Colleagues & Readers of TDAN.com upon celebrating the 5th anniversary of the publication back in July 2002:
"In five years time we have seen technologies come and go. AI has all but disappeared. EIS and dot com have gone as well. e-Business has flowered and floundered. And through it all, data administration - data modeling, data architecture, and data management - has persevered and grown stronger. Today data management is even more important than it was five years ago, and the true worth of strong data administration is just now becoming apparent. There has been no better chronicler of the issues of data administration than TDAN.com during that timeframe."
Bill Inmon
The Father of Data Warehousing
BillInmon.com, LLC
"When researching issues in data management, I find that TDAN.com is the first place that I look. Articles in TDAN.com are timely, current and relevant in a manner that can't happen in a paper-based format. The archival format also makes it a useful place for my students and others becoming familiar with data management to start to learn about complex issues facing the profession. Finally, as a knowledge-base it has already helped a number of my colleagues to avoid "reinventing the wheel" by providing valuable on-line guidance. Many thanks to Rob for his tireless efforts putting together such a valuable resource for data managers."
Peter Aiken, PhD
Institute for Data Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
"TDAN.com is one of the few electronic newsletters -- from the many that I get -- that I read, save, and refer to time after time. Congratulations on five years of practical advice."
Dr. Claudia Imhoff
President
Intelligent Solutions, Inc.
"We need good quality communications vehicles in this business and I appreciate Bob Seiner's tireless efforts with TDAN.com in this regard! Bob ... please keep up the good work!!"
John Zachman
ZIFA Chairman
Zachman Institute for Framework Advancement
"Congratulations TDAN.com! Spoken words leave no trace; written words tells the tale. Congratulations for providing a crucial catalyst - a written forum for our young, but maturing profession."
Ronald G. Ross
Executive Editor
www.BRCommunity.com
"One of the wonderful side-effects of our modern networked world is the connections we can make with colleagues all over the world. TDAN.com is an excellent vehicle for that. Never before have people had such up-to-the-minute access to the thinking that is forming our industry. You are a great tool in the advancement of data administration."
David C. Hay
Owner, President & Principal
Essential Strategies, Inc.
"Of all the web-letters that I receive (or visit) TDAN.com is certainly the most consistent and informative in terms of it's content. The writing is always well done, and the presentment is professional. I frankly have no specific suggestions for changes other than I believe there may be great opportunity for TDAN.com to evolve into a printed version as well. It has been my pleasure to be a contributing writer, and I hope to continue to support your efforts. Well done Bob, good work."
Kevin
Craine, MBA
Author, "Designing a Document Strategy"
Editor, "Document Processing Technology"
"At a time when many print media trade press publications in this space closed their doors, merged, or struggled to find their audience, TDAN.com stepped boldly into the emerging dot-com, e-commerce, new-economy space as an internet only publication focused clearly on an arena that was seemingly being abandoned by less visionary publishers.
Today, a mere 5 years later, how times have changed. Data Management, Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Data Quality, Data Analytics, Data Integration, Metadata Management, Knowledge Management, the new Repositories, - these are the backbone of new business drivers, strategies, and critical success factors. And, these are only the major topics that TDAN.com covers.
TDAN.com has become a bookmark on the browser of everyone who wants to or needs to stay up-to-date and connected in the data management world.
Always informative, sometimes challenging, occasionally controversial, but never irrelevant, the collection of articles, columns, papers, links, and features in TDAN.com form an ongoing chronicle of the best-practices in our industry and profession.
By not only reporting on it, but actively participating in the community of interest surrounding Data Management disciplines, Bob Seiner with his TDAN.com e-zine tells us not only what we need to know, but why we need to know it, how to do it, and who is doing it. TDAN.com has become an ongoing "electronic conference" for the global community of practice in data management. TDAN.com isn't just an "electronic magazine", it is a top-level node in a vast network of ideas, innovations and interaction that generates valuable new knowledge in this knowledge-driven world. Thanks Bob & Happy 5th Anniversary!"
Brett Champlin, CSP, CCP
Allstate Insurance Company, Process Center of Excellence
Roosevelt University, Adjunct Faculty, MSIS Program
Data Management Association International, Board of Directors
Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals, Chair Strategic Planning Committee, Board of Directors
"Reflecting on
TDAN.com's fifth anniversary, several thoughts come to mind.
The first is one word: prescient. Used in a sentence: "Bob Seiner, in
1997, was prescient." (Look it up.)
Editor's note ... I saved you the problem of looking it up - adjective :
perceiving the significance of events before they occur. The second is a saying: "Often imitated, never equaled". And third, a question: Five years--where the
heck did the time go?"
William J. (Bill) Lewis
Consultant
Cambridge Technology Partners
"I regularly read TDAN.com articles and recommend it to participants in all of the data modeling courses I teach. What I always find amazing when I mention TDAN.com to my students, is how many heads nod in agreement in the room when I say how useful the articles are. TDAN.com is a very important resource for our field. Keep up the great work!"
Steve Hoberman
Consultant
Data Warehouse Development
"Innumerable web sites sprouted up during the .com boom years, most lacking sufficient substance or purpose to survive long term. TDAN.com is an exception. Over the past 5 years, it has gotten better and better, and is now regarded as a superbly implemented industry portal. Bob Seiner brings together fresh and timely content from thought leaders, attracting readers in the data management community from all over the world. I'm looking forward to the next 5 years of TDAN.com."
Andrew Everett
President
Wilshire Conferences, Inc.
"TDAN.com is a great source of information about database and data administration. You can always count on it to give you "real opinions" from the very best authors. I link to TDAN.com from my website and actively promote it to all my clients."
Micheal Gorman
Owner, President & Principal Consultant
Whitemarsh Information Systems Corporation
"Bob Seiner's idea of a forum dedicated to DA/IRM has been a fantastic success from every perspective! TDAN.com has been able to attract practitioners in the field from all over the world, sharing results, views, opinions, new approaches and related information. TDAN.com's strength lies in the support of its numerous readers who continue to expect superior coverage of all the major topics and events in the DA/IRM field. As both a practitioner and educator in IS, I find TDAN.com to be one of the best sources for DA/IRM material, and I look forward to many more years of using this fine journal."
Anne Marie Smith
Assistant Professor, Management Information Systems
Independent Information Management Consultant
"We have found TDAN.com to be an open minded and forward thinking publication. Enterprise Information Integration (EII) has only recently been recognized as a legitimate software integration space by research analyst and industry pundits. Six months ago Bob Seiner heard about us though his followings of the Object Management Group's Model Driven Architecture (MDA) Standards Initiative. He sought us out to investigate how we promote the MDA for the purposes of data integration. Having been sufficiently satisfied that our product's performance matched it's hype, we were invited to submit our white paper on "Model Driven Information Integration". Over the last two years we have been challenged to find publications who take the responsibility of investing their time to find new subject matter as opposed to simply following the heard. TDAN.com is a publication that knows it's audience and is not afraid to investigate and report on new trends and evolving technology."
Greg Milbank
SVP, Sales & Business Development
MetaMatrix, Inc.
"I have been utilizing TDAN.com for over two years now and thoroughly enjoy the articles presented in this publication. They are always timely and relevant to the industry that I'm in. I can almost always utilize TDAN.com to find what I'm looking for including quotes for my presentations or background research for my next white paper."
Dan Linstedt
Consultant
Core Integration Partners
"It's always the quality that impresses me about TDAN.com. I know Bob works hard and it pays off in the overall "feel" of the publication. The other thing I like is that TDAN.com goes the extra mile to find interesting authors and unusual topics -- there are great articles in TDAN.com that would never reach the light of day if Bob wasn't willing to push the boundaries of his thinking, and that of his audience.
Having seen the genesis of TDAN.com, I must say that it has become much more successful than I ever would have imagined. Kudos to Bob on this 5th anniversary."
Tony Shaw
Chairman
Wilshire Conferences
"Countless times, I have recommended clients and other colleagues to use articles about data, information, or knowledge management, enterprise architecture or integration, metadata, methodology, and other subjects from the TDAN.com web-site. I know that the articles are read in eastern Europe, India, and South Africa. Continuous good luck. I'm looking forward to the Silver Anniversary."
Tom Finneran
Principal Consultant
CIBER Inc.
"I thoroughly enjoy the TDAN.com web site and frequently visit to find information on trends and current issues that may be impacting the data industry. I've also used the TDAN.com archives on numerous occasions whenever I've needed to research a data related topic or issue."
Jim Cummins
Sr. Manager Information Engineering
FedEX Ground
"TDAN.com is a great source of information for data management professionals. I
know I look forward to reading the new content each and every quarter. And I
am honored to have been a contributor to TDAN.com since the very beginning."
Craig S. Mullins
Director, Technology Planning
BMC Software
Thanks for your interest in TDAN.com.
I hope you'll keep coming back.
