Metamusings on Life, Business, and Data July 2013
This is a new Feature Column from Donna Burbank. Donna will share her musings with you here on TDAN.com once…
The Ever-Changing Role of the DBA
There are many jobs that DBAs perform and it can be confusing when you try to match job title up…
EA Principles July 2013
The knowledge from our heroes is sometimes hard to understand, but then easy to use. In this column, Eskil Swende…
What is IT Value?
While the first (2006) edition of Charlie Betz's book featured an IT value chain, Charlie has realized that he needed…
The Database Report July 2013
Craig S. Mullins reports on the database industry news from April through June 2013.
The Data Modeling Addict July 2013
This is the eleventh and final article in Steve Hoberman's series of articles covering the ten steps for completing the…
The Decision Model – June 2013
If you are a seasoned data professional, you appreciate well the history of data management. In this column Barb and…
SELECT * FROM Celko – June 2013
Joe Celko has a new hero: Nassim Nicholas Taleb. He ran into his books a few years ago and cannot…
Business Rules – June 2013
What are basic constructs in developing a concept model? This column from Ron Ross discusses four prefabricated elements of structure,…
The EIM Puzzle – May 2013
In this column, Anne Marie Smith writes about using the CMM as the basis for developing an Enterprise Information Management…