Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: People Silos Cause Data Silos
With the exponential growth of data from so many different sources, data silos (or in other words, separate unintegrated data…
Data Architecture News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Architecture education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Distinguish Graph DBs from Other DBs
This series of columns will focus on many things including the nature of a graph database, how we evolved to…
Data Professional Introspective: Why You Can’t Create an EDM Strategy
Some countries successfully create long-term strategic plans. For example, China’s first 100-year plan was aimed at the elimination of extreme…
Considerations Before Adopting SaaS
Software as a Service (SaaS) is becoming mainstream with a significant increase in both offerings and enterprise adoption. There are…
Principles for the Data-Centric Paradigm – Part 2
There is a movement to upend traditional thinking about information systems by putting data and meaning at the center of…
The Difference Between Open Data and Public Data
Is there a difference between open data and public data? Yes. And it’s a big one. There is a general consensus…
Convert From Big Data to Smart Data
Did you know that 90% of all data has been generated over the last 2 years? Big Data has been an…
The Unfolding of the Data-Centric Paradigm – Part 1
There is a movement to upend traditional thinking about information systems by putting data and meaning at the center of…
Conceptual Modeling Requires Conceptual and Critical Thinking
I am surprised to see a lot of people jumping straight into logical or even physical modeling and skipping conceptual…
Cloud Computing to Make Noise in 2020
Some industry experts say that just a couple of years ago, cloud computing was dismissed as the latest technology trend,…