From the Publisher – Happy 1st Anniversary & Questionnaire
With the July 2016 issue of TDAN.com, we celebrate our first year with the new format and new relationships. More…
Data Architecture News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Architecture education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Metadata is Not a Technical Term Anymore
Abstract In the pursuit of guiding practitioners in solving problems like: How do I understand better my information? The outlined…
Converting an Essential Data Model to a Real Database Design, Part One
This is the first part of a three-part series, describing the process of converting a relatively abstract Essential Data Model…
The Book Look: Data Lake Architecture
I consider Bill Inmon a seer. He predicted (and also shaped) the popularity of the data warehouse in the 1990s.…
Combining Data from Multiple Sources – Join, Integrate, Blend?
Data blending is a newly emerged technique that is used primarily by those who work in the area of big…
Battling Data Demons with Data Governance
Introduction The stories you hear on the news often mention how this person or that person was battling their demons.…
Managing Enterprise Data Assets to Enable Data Governance
Every enterprise recognizes data governance is an important practice to follow as it unlocks the business value of data and…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Evolution of the Data-Centric Revolution Part One
We have been portraying the move to a Data-Centric paradigm as a “Revolution” because of the major mental and cultural…
How to Approach Enterprise Content Management
I was recently asked if I could support an organization on their journey of improving their approach to Enterprise Content…
The Digital Transformer – Agile is Killing the Center of Excellence
This column started off with a bang. Last time, I chose the title “Is Agile killing EA?” and while there…