The Book Look: New Book on the Data Catalog
About a week ago, I was teaching a data modeling class, and an attendee asked me to explain the concept…
Big Data Columns
Big Data Columns
Data’s Gender Gap: Women’s Health at Risk
Data’s gender gap manifests and permeates society in a wide variety of detrimental ways. One area where it is the…
Data is Risky Business: The Data Crisis Unmasked
As I am writing this, countries around the world are fighting a global pandemic. This is the first global pandemic…
Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: Being Zen With Coronavirus Data
Is it possible to listen without opinion, judgement or stories [i]? In this coronavirus pandemic, many people have strong opinions,…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Identifying the Right Graph Database – Pt 4
As a Data Management professional, it is important to understand the top three challenges of working with graph databases. Modeling…
Data is Risky Business: Data Literacy is Not Just About Shiny Toys
In this column I want to talk about data literacy, and not because it is the “buzzword de jour.” By…
Data’s Gender Gap: Endangers Half of the Population
In an ideal world, all the features and functions of society would be accessible and useful for all members of…
Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: Big Data, More Data, BIG Issue
More, more, more! We are culturally conditioned to want more. More money, more fun, more pleasure, more accomplishment, more intelligence,…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Two Types of Graph Databases
This column focuses on 1) two classes of graph databases – Property and Semantic 2) how Property and Semantic graph…
The Book Look: Continuous Innovation
Arent van ‘t Spijker’s first book, The New Oil was an enlightening and enjoyable read about how data is changing…