Productivity Paradox
Have computers made us more productive? Have all the installs, upgrades, mips, modems, and migration plans been worth it? Have…
Data Articles
Top Ten Principles of DB Performance Tuning
Now, I would like to share with you some of my personal advice on tuning. These ten principles were discovered…
Modeling Realities: Communicating Consensus
Conflict in life is inevitable. Get more than one person in a room to discuss a subject and varying points…
Components of a Data Warehouse
Overall Architecture The data warehouse architecture is based on a relational database management system server that functions as the central…
Information Usefulness
People rarely send telegraphs anymore. But when they did it was an expensive proposition. It took a small pouch of…
Specifications: Pointing the Way
Recently my VCR quit working properly. I turned it on. Placed a video tape in it. Hit the PLAY button,…
The Competitive Armageddon: Survival and Prosperity in the Connected World of The Internet
In the years ahead we will witness a massive transformation of business. As with a giant earthquake, this will bring…
A Misplaced Data Warehouse Group
Data warehouse development has a number of critical success factors. One of these deals with the team getting and sustaining…
Outsourcing: Scourge or Salvation?
The Silver Plated Lead Bullet Organizations, attempting to either cut costs or to streamline their information systems development have been…
Attribute & Column Naming Standards: The Zachman Framework Solves A Problem
History Naming standards for data are important in maintaining consistency of structure across large systems. IBM’s “Of’ language” standard named…