How Can Data Visualization Help You Achieve Business Results?
Research has shown that many people learn best when they see a story or information depicted in an image. Graphs,…
Data Modeling Blogs
Data Modeling Blogs
Thoughts on the DAMA DMBoK
Many years ago, I contributed material on Database Development and Database Operations Management to the first edition of DAMA International’s…
The Analytics Sandwich: Understanding the Business Value of Data and AI
In discussions with data management professionals, conversations often veer toward the technical intricacies of migration to the cloud or algorithm…
Who Needs A Data Model Anyway?
These days, there is much conversation about the necessity of the data model. The data model has been around for…
Business Leaders Need to Know About Data Modeling
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that data-driven decisions have influence over all our lives over the last two years. But…
Big Data Modeling Improves Business Intelligence
Through big data modeling, data-driven organizations can better understand and manage the complexities of big data, improve business intelligence (BI),…
Is GDPR a Grinch?
Most people know that GDPR went into effect in May 2018. For those of you who don’t know, GDPR was…
Databases Do Not Build Themselves
Unfortunately, a lot of databases start as a gleam in someone’s eye. Maybe it consists of a couple of tables needed…
Use Data to Improve Your Business
The term “big data” was coined in the early 2000s, used to describe the massive wealth of information relating to…
Non-Relational Databases Have Relationships Too
Isn’t it ironic that a technology that bears the label of “schema-less” is also known for the fact that schema…