Governance for Taxonomic Reference Data
Reference data is the Rodney Dangerfield of the data world – it gets no respect. However, it is feared. Malcolm…
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The Database Report – January 2009
Craig Mullins reviews the DBMS marketplace during the fourth quarter of 2008.
Unwired Tap – January 2009
Bob Dominko looks at what we can expect in 2009 for the wireless and digital industries.
The Strategic Data Dashboard
Do you know where your organization needs to be in the next year? What about the next five years? What…
SaaS and BI – December 2008
Diby Malakar explains why IT cannot afford to be an inhibitor of change but has to embrace and encourage it.
Architecture Made Easy, Part 3
The difference between control systems and information systems begins subtly with their associated data architectures, but you’ll be surprised to…
UML as a Data Modeling Notation, Part 3
This article, Part 3 of a three-part series, discusses the aesthetics of preparing and presenting data models – no matter…
The Database Report – October 2008
The third quarter of 2008 is now behind us, and it is time to investigate what happened in the database…
Pursuing Organization’s Most Influential Information Job
To better align data needs with business strategy, a new chief information role has begun to take shape. This article…
UML as a Data Modeling Notation, Part 2
This article, Part 2 of a three-part series, addresses sub-types, domains and unique identifiers, as well as what in UML…