Which Should Come First – the Chicken or the Egg?
Published in TDAN.com January 2002 Introduction Which application did most companies build first, the data warehouse/data marts or the meta…
Data Topics
Event Progress Diagrams
Introduction Visualization helps in understanding a software system. The dynamic views have been extensively used to understand behavior of system…
A New Direction for Data Resource Management
What is the future for data resource management? Considering the past practices and the current data resource situation in most…
Enterprise Architecture: The What’s and How’s
Published in TDAN.com October 2001 Introduction More and more, companies are recognizing that they need to integrate and pull together…
Adam Smith and the Software Industry
Published in TDAN.com October 2001 “ . . . every individual . . . intends only his own gain, and…
What is VLDB? Very Large Databases
Published in TDAN.com October 2001 Articles in this series – Part 2, Part 3 This is the first part of…
Meta Data Architecture Fundamentals
Published in TDAN.com October 2001 Over the next few years many companies will have the unenviable task of completely rebuilding…
The Importance of the Data & Knowledge Management Specialist
Published in TDAN.com October 2001 Author’s note … It is now a couple of weeks after the day that changed…
Techniques for Modeling As-Is Processes (Part Two)
Published in TDAN.com October 2001 Articles in this series – Part 1 [The following is an excerpt from an early…
Meet the New Information Architects
I’ve now lived on both sides of the fence. It’s time for the two parties to meet. The ‘old’ Information…