The Prime Business Decision Loop
The Prime Business Decision Loop addresses the fact that the evolution of technology has shifted the manner in which business…
Data Education
Getting and Keeping Your Data Right
Organizations often do not realize just how poor and out of control their data really is because they hold tight…
Metadata Improvements – A Case Study
The article describes problems encountered in integrating metadata, the approach taken and the results achieved.
Performance Tuning Considerations for Decision Support Systems
Stephen Putman considers a common scenario of decision support system implementation Ð performance issues shortly after deployment that impact system…
DAMA INTL Announces Dictionary of Data Management at Symposium – Spring 2008
Bob: Readers of TDAN.com, My good friends at DAMA International — http://www.DAMA.org — recently announced publication of the DAMA Dictionary of…
Architecture Made Easy, Part 1
This article describes how to avoid getting a dozen different data models from twelve experienced data modelers with the same…
Eye on TDWI – February 2008
Mike provides a recap of the classes, activities and people at the Orlando TDWI World Conference in February.
The Database Report – April 2008
Craig Mullins provides his quarterly review of the activities within the database market during January, February and March of 2008.
Subtyping in W3C XML Schema, Part 1
Data model supertype-subtype concepts can be directly represented in W3C XML Schema and OO programmers will smile and thank you.…
Enterprise Service Engineering
This article describes the benefits of using a strategically driven, model-based approach for developing and managing service components.