Eye on TDWI – May 2008
Mike provides a recap of the classes, activities, people, exhibitors and food at the Chicago TDWI World Conference in May.
Crow’s Feet Are Best
This short article examines the choices of notation styles used to draw conceptual data models and advocates use of the…
SaaS and BI – June 2008
This new quarterly column will provide insights into software as a service and its role in business intelligence implementations.
Computer Life Cycle Management and Migration
Managing IT equipment and product life cycles is an important function of IT department staff.
Subtyping in W3C XML Schema, Part 2
Concerned that an industry standard XML vocabulary may be too limited for your data exchange partners? No problem. By creating…
Architecture is Objective, Design is Subjective – May 2008
Architecture and design are nearly always bundled together into a single activity. The individual features of the final architecture are…
Metadata Improvements – A Case Study
The article describes problems encountered in integrating metadata, the approach taken and the results achieved.
Getting and Keeping Your Data Right
Organizations often do not realize just how poor and out of control their data really is because they hold tight…
The Prime Business Decision Loop
The Prime Business Decision Loop addresses the fact that the evolution of technology has shifted the manner in which business…
DAMA Corner May 2008
John Schley recaps the happenings at the DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference.