The Last Lecture: An As-We-Go Review
Bob Seiner's review of a very inspiring book and famous lecture by Randy Pausch.
SELECT * FROM Celko – September 2008
Introduction to Joe Celko's new quarterly column on TDAN.com titled 'SELECT * FROM Celko'. Joe's column will appear in September,…
SaaS and BI – September 2008
The face of BI has completely changed. Business managers today want BI to serve as a global positioning system, showing…
CDI and MDM Are Broken, Part 2
Part 2 of this article explains the application of semantic technologies to master data management applications, including customer data integration.…
Unwired Tap – July 2008
Our old friend convergence, who we have written about many times in previous columns, is a consistent hue on the…
Architecture is Objective, Design is Subjective – August 2008
Producing definitions for the terms used in an IT architecture is an essential activity. This article explores why the "definition…
Business Rules: In the Know – August 2008
This article asks what good does it do to spend big bucks on improving the quality, timeliness and analysis of…
Grounding Your IQ Management in Sound Quality Management Systems
Larry English describes the fundamental principles of proven quality systems and provides a check list of the essential ingredients of…
Function Points
This paper presents an approach to the definition of function points within database-centric business information systems, the process of counting…
DAMA Corner August 2008
This short report will explain some of the buzz around the much anticipated DAMA-DMBOK Guide and give you an understanding…