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…
Data Strategy News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Strategy education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
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…
Appreciating Metadata Through Music
Metadata is one of the more important aspects of data management, yet many data professionals do not understand or simply…
Data Professional Introspective: Tulip Fields and How to Tend Them
Since it’s spring, let’s imagine that we’re visiting the Netherlands and are gazing in delight at the stunning beauty of…
Characteristics of Governing Data
Data Governance means different things to different people. There are several definitions floating around the industry. Sometimes organizations use the…
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…
Framework for Managing Knowledge, Content and Documents
Considerations and Guidelines This article focuses on four of the main focal areas within the discipline of unstructured Information Management…
Best Practices for Agile Documentation
Introduction Ideally, an agile document is just barely good enough, or just barely sufficient, for the situation at hand. Documentation…
Data is Risky Business: Data Ethics – Meet the New Boss (Same as the Old Boss)
My colleague Katherine and I read with interest David Well’s November blog in TDAN.com. Our interest wasn’t just because David was…