Extraction, Transformation, and Load Issues and Approaches
Published in TDAN.com January 2000 Introduction Many of the Business Intelligence tools look way cool. They provide graphs, moving targets,…
Data Education
Mastering Data Modeling
Author: John Carlis & Joseph Maguire Publisher: Addison-Wesley 20000 ISBN 020170045X First impression I confess to greeting books on data…
A Simplified Approach to Information Stewardship (Revisited)
Published in TDAN.com January 2000 Author’s Note: Several years ago I was fortunate enough to read an “old” (at the…
Questions Metadata Can Answer
Published in TDAN.com January 2000 Built on Metadata The world of information technology has “grown-up” dramatically in the last fifteen…
Business Requirements Gathering – An Overview
Published in TDAN.com January 2000 Requirements gathering (data and process) is a vital part of successful project management and application…
Information Systems Plan:
Published in TDAN.com September 1999 Rationale for an Information Systems Plan Every year, $300-700 million dollar corporations spend about 5%…
The Emergence and Potential of Enterprise Information Portals (EIPs)
Enterprise Information Portals are also called Corporate Portals or Enterprise Portals. They provide ready access to information from the Data…
The Next Level of Information Systems
"If information is really useful, our appetite for it is insatiable." --Thomas H. Davenport, "Saving IT's Soul: Human-Centered Information Management"…
Repository Directions – Part Two
Part one of this two part article covered Repository Directions Beginnings and the Near Past.
Comparing Replication Technologies
There are many database replication tools available on the market today, but not all of them are created equal, and…