Data Governance is a Hot Topic (Data Modeling Too)
Data governance is a hot topic lately. Companies are trying to devise and implement governance programs to provide some structure around how they manage and …
Dynamic Network Processing of Hierarchical Data Structures
A new multipath semantic hierarchical network processor for dynamic processing across hierarchical structures can support unlimited new networking …
Applying Top-Down, Big-Picture Models to a Data Vault Part 1
Data Vaults have enormous potential to deliver value, but to do so, we’ve got to turn the spotlight off the technology. Sure, we absolutely need some …
DAMA International Community Corner: DAMA Community Update
Greetings to the DAMA Community from Peter Aiken, President, DAMA International! As we wind down this Board’s short (2-month) tenure, I wanted to offer a …
How to Do Top-Down, Big-Picture Modeling – Part 2
This paper forms the second part of a big-picture top-down data modeling trilogy. The first paper on why to take this approach can be found in two parts here …
Use Data to Improve Your Business
The term “big data” was coined in the early 2000s, used to describe the massive wealth of information relating to human behavior that had been carefully …
When You Wish Upon a Star Schema
If there was ever a time when I was uncertain about the future of data, it’s now. I am not concerned about progress and not even remotely worried that …
The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric and Model Driven
Model Driven Development Model Driven seems to be enjoying a bit of an upsurge lately. Gartner has recently been hyping (is it fair to accuse the inventors …
Why Do Top-Down Big-Picture Modeling? Part 2
The preceding article in this series looks at some real-world case studies that suggest that starting with an enterprise-wide, top-down model can— at least …
The Tao of NoSQL Data Modeling
The idea for Hackolade came from Pascal Desmaret’s personal need for a data modeling tool specifically for NoSQL databases. He searched the web and …