The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric’s Role in the Reduction of Complexity
Complexity Drives Cost in Information Systems A system with twice the number of lines of code will typically cost more…
Data Operations News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Operations education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
It’s All in the Data: Four Horsemen of the Data Apocalypse
While I was attending a recent data governance conference, one of the better-recognized speakers, Mike Atkins of the EDM Council,…
Semantic Hierarchical Processing Advancements
A powerful new general purpose semantic hierarchical processor model for semantic processing can supersede SQL using advanced natural operations. This…
Database Standards Can Be a Problem
One of my favorite quotes about standards, in general, is – The best thing about standards is that there are so…
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…
Change Data Habits Before it is Too Late
The management of data is very similar to the management of one’s health. One way they are similar became very…
It’s All in the Data: It was 20 Years Ago Today
This online publication, The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com), will celebrate its twentieth anniversary in the coming months of 2017. Twenty…
Security as a Foundation for CS Ed
Recently I had the opportunity to go to a job interview session for a lecturing position in my university’s computer…
The Curious Case of Modern Consistency
In this article, Dan Skatov tells us that recent movement in the market is not a back-to-basics but rather a…
The Data of the Game
I am a big sports fan. I follow my Pittsburgh Pirates, my Penguins, my Steelers, and my Pitt Panthers. I…