A New Way of Thinking – April 2004
Published in TDAN.com April 2004 Consider this scenario: There is a large company, let’s call it NBM Corporation, which sells…
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Unwired Tap – April 2004
Published in TDAN.com April 2004 “RFID – Coming to a Location Near You – SOON!” OK, the portability crisis is…
METAbits – April 2004
Published in TDAN.com April 2004 Like individuals, businesses at various stages in their life and maturation turn their focus to…
Do You Trust Your Data Enough to Risk Your Neck?
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act holds executives personally responsible for accurate and timely financial reporting Introduction “Can I trust our data enough…
The Database Report – April 2004
The Database Report for the first quarter of 2004 is heavily dominated by the Oracle Peoplesoft merger in waiting. But…
A Story of Too Many Tools
Publisher’s Note: This Special Feature comes directly from the Yahoo Groups Data Management Discussion Group (DM-Discuss) Discussion Board, contributed on…
Eye on TDWI – Las Vegas February 2004
As the cab whisked me past New York, Rio, Paris, and assorted pyramids, I knew that I wasn’t in Kansas…
The Database Report – January 2004
The Database Report for the first quarter of 2004 is heavily dominated by the Oracle Peoplesoft merger in waiting. But…
Data Modeling & Enterprise Project Management Part 2: Function-Based Approach
Published in TDAN.com January 2004 Articles in this series – Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part…
In Praise of Intelligent Keys
Published in TDAN.com January 2004 Intelligent keys are something that most data analysts abhor. Unfortunately, they are quite common, and…