EIM Means You Need an EDM
By John Biderman I have a firmly, almost righteously, held belief that you can’t do Enterprise Information Management without some form of an enterprise information model. In fact, without one I don’t...
View ArticleWhy Data Professionals Should Pay Attention to Semantic Technologies
by John Biderman I will be attending the 2011 Semantic Technology Conference (“SemTech”) in June on my own “vacation” time in order to further my knowledge of what is going on in this very interesting...
View ArticleAgile Architecture: You Can’t Just “Make the Dirt Fly”
by John Biderman When President Theodore Roosevelt commissioned construction of the Panama Canal (bear with me; this will be made relevant to data topics shortly) it was overseen by a committee in...
View ArticleThe Enterprise Model: Build or Buy?
by John Biderman As I’ve written here before, I am a big proponent of the value of an enterprise data model (which I will shorthand as “EDM” henceforth) for all the benefits it provides, among them:...
View ArticleMy NoSQL/Big Data Epiphany
by John Biderman Let’s face it: the whole NoSQL/Big Data thing has traditional data management professionals (in whose ranks I count myself) at best concerned, at worst terrified. Several of our most...
View ArticleIs There Such a Thing As Predictive Analytics?
by John Biderman Past performance is no guarantee of future results. – ubiquitous investment disclaimer Never make predictions, especially about the future.– Casey Stengel You can file this under...
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