The Case Against Slowly Changing Dimensions, Part Two
In Part 1, I showed that SCDs inadequately live up to their stated purpose. They are intended to provide history…
Data Topics
Why I Hate FUD – Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt
Occasionally, I feel that I’m a lot like Bugs Bunny. I have a very difficult relationship with FUD. The difference…
Data Knowledge Democratization
Data Governance initiatives often struggle to gain real business traction and bring about noticeable change. A lack of executive sponsorship…
Why You Should Care About Data Governance
Does your company have a formal agenda to govern your data as a strategic asset? Does somebody in your organization…
The Data-Centric Revolution
This is the first of a regular series of columns from Dave McComb. Dave’s column, The Data Centric Revolution, will…
Pragmatic Data
Please welcome William Brooks and his new quarterly column to the pages of TDAN.com. This is the first in the…
Data is Risky Business
Welcome to the first of a regular series of TDAN.com columns from Daragh OBrien. Daragh’s column, Data is Risky Business, will…
Business Glossaries and Metadata
TDAN.com is proud to introduce this new quarterly column from Lowell Fryman called Business Glossaries and Metadata. In this column…
Developing a Return on Investment
This article addresses the concept of developing a Return on Investment (ROI). It does so by first defining the ROI…
Back to the Future
While I was presenting recently at a seminar called “Data, the vital organization enabler,” I hosted a session…