The Ten (Database) Commandments
People are drawn to lists. Lists appear everywhere, from the Christian Bible to the weekly Top Forty countdown to the…
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Rationale for Enterprise Governance
The following is an extract from Chapter 2 of Michael M. Gorman’s new book Enterprise Governance Community of Interest Handbook…
Converting an Essential Data Model to a Real Database Design, Part One
This is the first part of a three-part series, describing the process of converting a relatively abstract Essential Data Model…
Modeling Data Versus Designing Databases: A Case Study
At first, it might seem strange to separate the process of modeling data from the process of designing databases. Not…
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Evolution of the Data-Centric Revolution Part One
We have been portraying the move to a Data-Centric paradigm as a “Revolution” because of the major mental and cultural…
A Sample DBA Job Posting
The job of a Database Administrator, or DBA, is constantly changing and adapting to the technologies used to manage data…
The Ever-Changing Role of the DBA
From time to time, TDAN.com will reach back into its archive and feature a popular article that might have been…
The Database Report – April 2014
In this column, Craig Mullins shares with us all the news that is fit to print in the database industry…