The Database Report – July 2008
Craig Mullins provides his quarterly review of the activities within the database market during April, May and June of 2008.
New Ideas on the ROI of Data and Business Rules, Part 1
Cost-justifying IT initiatives relating to data quality or business rules has always been problematic. Enterprise Decision Management (EDM) provides new…
Where is the Query in XQuery?
Michael David discusses how XQuery was designed from the ground up to process hierarchical XML data, but it is still…
The 10-Minute Data Model Review, Part 1
Data modeling is based on the precept of knowing your data and knowing how the data is interrelated with other…
TDAN.com Job Listing Test
Company Powell Media, LLC Location Boulder, CO Position Web Developer Description You will be required to master the internets on…
Eye on TDWI – May 2008
Mike provides a recap of the classes, activities, people, exhibitors and food at the Chicago TDWI World Conference in May.
Crow’s Feet Are Best
This short article examines the choices of notation styles used to draw conceptual data models and advocates use of the…
SaaS and BI – June 2008
This new quarterly column will provide insights into software as a service and its role in business intelligence implementations.
Computer Life Cycle Management and Migration
Managing IT equipment and product life cycles is an important function of IT department staff.
Subtyping in W3C XML Schema, Part 2
Concerned that an industry standard XML vocabulary may be too limited for your data exchange partners? No problem. By creating…