The “Non-Invasive Data Governance”™ Operating Model
Bob Seiner uses the term ÒOperating ModelÓ because the roles & responsibilities of a ÒNon-Invasive Data GovernanceÓª program play such…
Data for Information Management
“Your strategic and corporate reporting will be as effective as your operational systems performance management is.” Every organization or enterprise…
Budgeting Time for Data Stewardship
Frank Dravis identifies the two factors that need to be considered when projecting staff data stewardship headcounts.
Bridging the Data-Metadata Duality
There is a certain class of information, so-called reference data, that can be designated as both data and metadata. This…
The Data Maze October 2009
Dan Sutherland explains the purpose of this new, quarterly TDAN column.
The Database Report – October 2009
Craig Mullins reports on the DBMS marketplace from July through September of 2009.
Creating More Value than is Captured with Hierarchical Data Structures Using SQL
Michael David explores the ways hierarchical structures can be used to significantly increase data value and its utilization.
Enterprise Data Warehouse: A Patterns Approach to Integration Evolution
Using a patterns approach could be the difference between successfully implementing an enterprise data warehouse (EDW) time and being yet…
The Data Modeling Addict October 2009
Steve Hoberman presents examples of ÒReduce, Reuse, RecycleÓ as it applies to natural key values
Digging up Dollars: Data Mining in Practice October 2009
The question of how much data you need for data mining is very complicated, but often you can use what…