Unwired Tap – October 2008
Twenty-five years ago seems just like yesterday at times. We’re coming up on the 25th anniversary of the “first cellular”…
Data Columns
SELECT * FROM Celko – September 2008
Introduction to Joe Celko's new quarterly column on TDAN.com titled 'SELECT * FROM Celko'. Joe's column will appear in September,…
SaaS and BI – September 2008
The face of BI has completely changed. Business managers today want BI to serve as a global positioning system, showing…
Unwired Tap – July 2008
Our old friend convergence, who we have written about many times in previous columns, is a consistent hue on the…
Architecture is Objective, Design is Subjective – August 2008
Producing definitions for the terms used in an IT architecture is an essential activity. This article explores why the "definition…
Business Rules: In the Know – August 2008
This article asks what good does it do to spend big bucks on improving the quality, timeliness and analysis of…
The Data Modeling Addict – July 2008
The tenth of a series of articles on the Data Model Scorecard™, this article focuses on the consistency category.
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.
SaaS and BI – June 2008
This new quarterly column will provide insights into software as a service and its role in business intelligence implementations.
Architecture is Objective, Design is Subjective – May 2008
Architecture and design are nearly always bundled together into a single activity. The individual features of the final architecture are…