Criclytics: Making Decisions in Cricket
You might be wondering what the word Criclytics means. Don’t worry, I will explain in detail what it means and…
Big Data News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Big Data education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Impressions of the 2017 DGIQ Conference
The 2017 Data Governance and Information Quality (DGIQ) Conference (www.dgiqconference.com), hosted by Debtech International and DATAVERSITY, took place in sunny…
Don’t Hire a Developer, Hire a Data Scientist
The rate of change in technology is astonishing. Artificial intelligence (AI), once the topic of science fiction movies, is now…
Six Ways to Turn Your Data into Profits
The digital revolution has transformed how we receive, send, store, and process data. Firms, both large and small, can easily…
Celebrating 20 Years of TDAN.com
On June 22, 1997, The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) went live on the internet. The publication started online at stargate.net/TDAN…
Complete Set of Data Governance Roles & Responsibilities
Over the years, I have been asked several times to consolidate all the roles and responsibilities necessary to deliver a…
Autonomics to Modernize DB Administration
There is a clear trend to automate and enable computerized tasks to streamline and optimize administrative and maintenance tasks. Many…
Data is Risky Business: Promoting DG Principles
I was giving testimony to a Joint Committee of both Houses of the Irish Parliament on data sharing legislation earlier…
The Duck-Billed Platypus, or How Strict Data Hierarchies Can Choke You
You might remember back to your early school days, when you learned about the five major divisions of the vertebrates…
Recursive Queries for Hierarchical Data Retrieval
One of the most fascinating features of SQL is its ability to execute recursive queries. Like sub-queries, recursive queries save…