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…
Data Education
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.
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…
SaaS and BI – June 2008
This new quarterly column will provide insights into software as a service and its role in business intelligence implementations.
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…
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.
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…
Computer Life Cycle Management and Migration
Managing IT equipment and product life cycles is an important function of IT department staff.
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…
All About fruITion: Creating the Ultimate Corporate Strategy for Information Technology
Bob: This afternoon I have the pleasure of interviewing Chris Potts, Author of “FruITion: Creating the Ultimate Corporate Strategy for…