Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide November 2009
Larry Burns discusses how Agile is changing the traditional role of the DBA.
Data Education
Architecture Made Easy, Part 7
A data road map can be a useful tool for illuminating the path that will lead to an improved level…
Just the Facts About Mainframe Specialty Processors
What are specialty processors and why do they exist? Craig Mullins explains their uses in this article.
Data for Information Management
“Your strategic and corporate reporting will be as effective as your operational systems performance management is.” Every organization or enterprise…
Architecture Is Objective, Design Is Subjective November 2009
Avoiding Òmere implementation detailÓ is about ensuring that the IT architecture framework only provides information when it is needed at…
Bridging the Data-Metadata Duality
There is a certain class of information, so-called reference data, that can be designated as both data and metadata. This…
The Data Maze October 2009
Dan Sutherland explains the purpose of this new, quarterly TDAN column.
Agile Leadership and Management of Change Project Lessons from Winston Churchill and the Battle of Britain
This Special Feature is being published in association with IRM UK's Data Management & Information Quality / Data Warehousing &…
The Database Report – October 2009
Craig Mullins reports on the DBMS marketplace from July through September of 2009.
SQL Server 2008 R2: Introducing Managed Self-Service Business Intelligence
This Special Feature is being published in association with the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit that will be…