In 2024, companies have developed a renewed interest in the benefits of Data Modeling, engaging in pragmatic planning and activities around diagramming requirements. Organizations want to document data architectures to get good Data Quality and overcome challenges. Notably, the resolution to each data incident has risen significantly by 15 hours between 2022 and 2023. Furthermore, 80% of data executives and business leaders say cultural impediments […]
Will 2023 Be the Year of the Polyglot Persistence?
Meet polyglot persistence. It’s not a new term, but one that’s catching fire in what many call the unsexiest part of Data Management – Database Management. It also ties to the physical part of Data Management, which is storage management, often overlooked by data teams. Storage management and database management/administration indeed used to be a separate […]
A Brief History of Database Management
A database management system (DBMS) allows a person to organize, store, and retrieve data from a computer. It is a way of communicating with a computer’s “stored memory.” In the very early years of computers, “punch cards” were used for input, output, and data storage. Punch cards offered a fast way to enter data and […]
Utilizing Multiple Data Stores and Data Models: Is Polyglot Persistence Worth It?
Polyglot Persistence is a process for storing data in in the best database available, no matter the data model and data storage technology. This process is based on the understanding different data stores will handle certain types of data better than others. Polyglot Persistence is, unfortunately, not available for easy “downloading”, but must designed for […]
Enterprise Cloud Management: Big Data, MDM, and Graph Database Realization
Reltio was originally founded in 2011, based on the premise organizations need quick and reliable access to relevant information. The Reltio goal is to help companies turn data into useful information. To this end, Reltio has developed an Enterprise Cloud Management platform for their clients, providing the tools and services needed to accomplish this goal. […]
Microservices 101: Changing the Monolithic Data Architecture Model
In May 2011, a group of software architects at a workshop near Venice used the word “microservice” to describe a process they had recently worked on. The philosophical essence of a microservice can be described as, “Focus on one task and do it well.” Microservices are a flexible, single-purpose software program essentially compatible with any […]
2016 Trends in NoSQL: Next Stages of Development
The myriad NoSQL database offerings in the marketplace today are testament to the fact that such systems, along with their diverse architectures, are here to stay. Such a statement was not the case only a few years ago when such “trends” were still the purview of industry thought leaders, innovative startups, and apocalyptic harbingers proclaiming […]