DAMA Corner November 2009
Loretta Mahon Smith provides an update on DAMA activities and chapters.
Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide November 2009
Larry Burns discusses how Agile is changing the traditional role of the DBA.
DAMA-DMBOK Available!
DAMA has created the DAMA Data Management Guide to the Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK) Ð the first "authoritative resource" for…
Business Rules November 2009
Data models and class diagrams have never much focused on verb concepts. That omission is a harmful one. A well-organized…
Architecture Made Easy, Part 7
A data road map can be a useful tool for illuminating the path that will lead to an improved level…
Just the Facts About Mainframe Specialty Processors
What are specialty processors and why do they exist? Craig Mullins explains their uses in this article.
Architecture Is Objective, Design Is Subjective November 2009
Avoiding Òmere implementation detailÓ is about ensuring that the IT architecture framework only provides information when it is needed at…
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.
The Data Maze October 2009
Dan Sutherland explains the purpose of this new, quarterly TDAN column.