The Information Model & the Data Vault
Published in TDAN.com October 2004 Introduction This article is a follow-up to an article I wrote for the last…
Data Education
A New Way of Thinking – October 2004
Published in TDAN.com October 2004 People frequently talk about business rules as if the concept was well defined and there…
DAMA Corner – October 2004
Published in TDAN.com October 2004 DAMA International’s Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) Certification Program By Patricia Cupoli, CCP, DAMA International…
The Future of Information Management
Can the future of information management be defined? Is it possible for any of us to say where information technology…
The Business – Data Management Partnership
There is a major chasm at Row Three of the Zachman Framework; a major disconnect between the information that a…
Eye on TDWI – August 2004
Gary Stratsos’ mellow new CD, “Quiet Fire”, had just finished playing on my Walkman as the plane touched down in…
Convergence: The Freight Train’s Coming
Published in TDAN.com July 2004 Integration of OLTP, ODS, and ADW Can you hear it rumbling? There’s a freight train…
The Importance of Data Integration
Published in TDAN.com July 2004 Almost every Chief Information Officer (CIO) has the goal of integrating their organization’s data.…
The Business Meta-Data Repository
Published in TDAN.com July 2004 I have always been fascinated with the need for business metadata: data that describes data…
Fundamentals of the Capability Maturity Model
Published in TDAN.com July 2004 The information systems community has developed a long-standing reputation for poor quality in their product…