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 […]
A Brief History of Data Silos
The original purpose of a data silo was to keep secrets. People have been keeping secrets for a long, long time. Prior to the written word, keeping a secret meant not sharing specific information with anyone else, verbally. And then came the written word. Secrets could be shared accidentally, or even stolen. Life became more […]
NoSQL Databases: The Versatile Solution for Continuous Intelligence
Most businesses tend to rely on relational database management systems (RDBMS) to provide business insight, including continuous intelligence. Cloud relational databases have improved computing power they bring to the table, to handle more massive amounts of data. However, relational databases, even ones in the cloud, face two issues. They have a harder time with the […]
Seeing the Database Through a Different Lens
Click to learn more about author Greg Nist. I was frustrated. I’d spent two-and-a-half years as a consultant developing software for a state government agency, and I felt like we were running on a treadmill. Our ability to drive the agency forward to more effectively run its operations was being constrained. Constrained not by the […]
Graph Databases in the Spotlight
Graph databases are distinguished by relationships. Users can query, for example, the connections that relate a customer to an account that he or she owns, or how many degrees of separation exist between Kevin Bacon and Audrey Hepburn. Ontologies are a key underpinning, providing a data model to describe things in a database. Metadata and […]
How to Design Schema for Your NoSQL Database?
Click to learn more about author Akshay Pore. In my previous blogs I outlined a framework to perform a fit analysis for choosing the right NoSQL database for your application: NoSQL Data Architecture & Data Governance: Everything You Need to Know How to Choose the Right NoSQL Database for Your Application? After choosing a NoSQL database, […]
The Power of OLAP and its Relevance in the Big Data Ecosystem
Click to learn more about author Brahmajeet Desai. With data flowing in from a countless array of applications and devices, extracting insights from the data lake and making them available to business users in an easily can be quite a daunting task. If you moved to a Hadoop or cloud-based Big Data platform with the […]
Data Orchestration, Like a Symphony Without Sound
Click to learn more about author Greg Nist. When I think about data orchestration, I always reflect on the key root word: orchestra. I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to watch a live symphony several times. I always leave amazed at the complexity and diversity of the moving parts and how they are seamlessly integrated, governed […]
Data Architecture Trends in 2019
A primary concern of digital businesses today is the reliability of data. Many business users are still judging the ultimate value of data-guided analytics with a certain degree of skepticism, which can only change over time with delivery of solid benefits. The reliability of business data comes from a well-designed and well implemented Data Architecture. […]
Tackling the Challenge of Transforming Unstructured Data into Actionable Intelligence
Click to learn more about author Ibrahim Surani. A lot has been said about the enormous value that businesses can derive from their information assets. However, when it comes to weighing the benefits and challenges associated with leveraging big data, it is easy to overlook a key underlying issue: More than 80% of all data […]