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 […]
Enterprise Data World 2021 – San Diego, CA
DATE: April 18-23, 2021 LOCATION: San Diego, California VENUE: Sheraton San Diego 1380 Harbor Island Drive San Diego, California 92101 ABOUT THE EVENT: The 25th Annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference hosted by DATAVERSITY® is recognized as the most comprehensive educational conference on Data Management in the world. Attend classroom-sized workshops, in-depth tutorials, case study sessions, and […]
DevFinOps: Why Finance Needs to be Integrated with Development and Operations
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. The formation of DevOps brought together two distinct worlds, causing a shift in IT culture that can only be made better (and more cost-effective) by the integration of financial strategy. Enter DevFinOps. We say this partially in jest… yeah, we know, you’ve had enough of the Dev-blank-blank […]
What is a Database Administrator (DBA)?
A database administrator (DBA) is a person who manages, maintains, and secures data in one or more data systems so that a user can perform analysis for business operations. DBAs take care of data storage, organization, presentation, utilization, and analysis from a technical perspective. The DBA job is transitioning from being database-centric to data-centric, as […]
What Is Digital Transformation?
The term “digital transformation” describes an overall vision where technology, along with human resources, improves efficiency and effectiveness of business, cultural, and social activities. Digital transformation remakes processes through computing advances such as the internet of things (IoT), mobile applications, customer engagement, artificial intelligence and data, and analytics. While the definitions of digital transformation embody […]
What is a Knowledge Graph?
A knowledge graph, which can be considered a type of ontology, depicts “knowledge in terms of entities and their relationships,” according to GitHub. An example of a knowledge graph is shown below. Knowledge graphs developed from the need to do something with or act upon information based on context. For example, knowledge graphs help identify […]
Goodbye, Subjective Decision-Making: Welcome, Predictive Analytics
Click here to learn more about Sanjyot Salgar Patkar This column will talk about workforce analytics and future-proofing your business with succession planning using analytics. Imagine that you are part of a Talent Management team. A typical day at your job starts with compiling and matching employee data from various systems and rummaging through your […]
Cultivating a “Digital-Ready” Culture to Support Digital Transformation
Click to learn more about author Deborah Soule This is the seventh part of a series on digital transformation. Read Part One titled Where is Your Organization on the Digital Transformation Journey? Part Two is titled Stages of Transition in Becoming a Digital Organization. Part Three is titled Learning from the Cultures of High-Performing Digital Organizations. Continue […]
How Cybercriminals Use Panic to Defraud and Infect Organizations
Click to learn more about author David Balaban The dreadful coronavirus is taking the world by storm, and humanity is on the threshold of serious changes over the pandemic officially declared on March 11, 2020. Also referred to as COVID-19 or the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), this strain is now running rampant across different parts […]
How to Handle Throttling in Cloud Databases
Click to learn more about author Niels Brinch. Retry. Yes, retry is the answer and conclusion of this article, but let’s spend a little time looking at the problem on a higher level — what solutions there are and what the consequences are of those solutions. What is Throttling? If you are used to having […]