A data modeler is a person who models data or documents software and business system designs. By doing this, a data modeler translates business needs into technical specifications. Developers and other IT members benefit from this when creating new data systems and troubleshooting and maintaining them. Data models promote consensus among developers, customers, and other […]
A Brief History of Data Containers
Data containers have become crucial for the efficient transport of data to a public cloud and back to a private platform. Containers are software packages containing everything needed for the software to run. This includes libraries, system tools, and settings, as well as an executable program. Additionally, containers offer another layer of security because the […]
Seven Major Benefits of Using Log-Based CDC for Data Replication: A Use Case
Click here to learn more about Joe deBuzna. In this blog, we will talk about what a global water company achieved with real-time data replication. The world’s water resources are stretched beyond all previous limits, and the toughest industrial water process challenges still lay ahead. One global water technologies and solutions company (which I’ll refer […]
Open Source, Cloud, and Data: How to Plan Ahead
Click to learn more about author Matt Yonkovit. For most Data Management projects today, open source will be included in some form or other. From the databases that store the data to the management tools that manage and protect that data, or the analytics projects used to interrogate or display that data, open source plays […]
The Evolving Role of Big Data in Accident Cost Containment
Click to learn more about author Ben Hartwig. Minimizing the costs of accidents is no easy feat. Doing the research or going through a massive amount of data can be strenuous. Not to mention, if you are not an expert, it will be extra challenging. So if your company is looking for ways to minimize […]
Move Past Traditional 3-2-1 Data Backups
Click here to learn more about Sean Derrington. Move Past Traditional 3-2-1 Data Backups Strangely enough, we have a professional photographer to thank for the 3-2-1 backup strategy that many organizations employ today. Peter Krogh originally shared the concept in his 2009 book The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photography. This backup strategy […]
Crafting Great Business Definitions: Definitions vs. Rules
Click to learn more about author Ronald G. Ross. In this fourth and final post of a four-part series about crafting great business definitions, I will explain the difference between definitions and rules, and how each best serves its own particular purpose. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 here. Definitional Rules Definitions are fundamentally […]
What is Canonical Data Modeling?
Canonical Data Modeling documents, using Data Modeling techniques, how messages or packets pass between different systems internally in the organization and across different company systems, to do e-business. Data sometimes vary, across systems, in their definitions. For example, a company may have defined “customer” for a data warehouse constructed 10 years ago and then characterized […]
How Healthcare Organizations Can Remedy Data Protection and Availability with Cloud DR
Click to learn more about author Don Boxley. With the COVID-19 pandemic showing few signs of slowing, together with virtually every reputable health authority warning of a second wave this Fall, most industries are reevaluating their data protection, availability, and disaster recovery (DR) strategies. Not surprisingly, healthcare is chief among those taking a hard look […]
Agility: A Scalable Way for Businesses to Survive a Crisis
Click to learn more about author Matt VanderZwaag. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the business landscape. We have seen restaurants offer curbside pick-up, retailers launch new inventive ways to boost online sales, and tech companies release new apps and features to adapt to this new reality. The sudden and unexpected changes are causing businesses to […]