Data Is Risky Business: Structured, Unstructured (Who Cares?)
The Irish satirist Jonathan Swift wrote “Gulliver’s Travels” almost 300 years ago, but the story of Lemuel Gulliver’s journey to…
data models
How to Build a Robust Data Architecture for Scalable Business Growth
In the digital age, businesses rely on high-quality, easily accessible data to guide all manner of decisions and encourage growth.…
The AI Playbook: Providing Important Reminders to Data Professionals
Eric Siegel’s “The AI Playbook” serves as a crucial guide, offering important insights for data professionals and their internal customers…
Knowledge Graphs vs. Property Graphs – Part I
We are in the era of graphs. Graphs are hot. Why? Flexibility is one strong driver: heterogeneous data, integrating new…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Toss Out Metadata That Does Not Bring Joy
As I write this, I can almost hear you wail “No, no, we don’t have too much metadata, we don’t…
Data Management 20/20: Build a Managed Data Design Program
Join me in welcoming Robert Lutton, Sandhill Consultants and their new column ‘Data Management 20/20’ to the pages of TDAN.com.…
Databases Do Not Build Themselves
Unfortunately, a lot of databases start as a gleam in someone’s eye. Maybe it consists of a couple of tables needed…
Data Culture Through Continuous Improvement
Industry leading organizations recognize and manage data as a strategic asset. By ensuring high data quality, they are able to…
Paying Down Semantic Debt
In my last piece, “Where does semantic debt come from?,” I described the Semantic Debt Life-cycle. At a higher level,…
The Importance and Problems of Language For Information
Language is often ranked as one of the most remarkable creations of human beings. Our ability to symbolize, in turn,…