The Database Management and Data Modeling landscapes have evolved significantly in the past few years, from the traditional relational model to now include non-relational models as well. The growth of Big Data and its unstructured and semi-structured data formats, along with trends in Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Data Lakes, Machine Learning, Blockchain and others pushing […]
Data Models Create ‘Living Policy’ for Data Management
“Data Models can be the critical link between business definitions and rules, and the technical data systems that support them,” said Donna Burbank, Managing Director of Global Data Strategy, while speaking during her presentation Building Actionable Data Governance through Data Models & Metadata at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data Governance Online 2017 Conference. She discussed how […]
2017 DATAVERSITY Top 20
The Top 20 Posts of the year are here! As one year comes to an end and another about to begin, it’s a tradition here at DATAVERSITY to take a moment to pause and review the content published over the year by our writers and by the Industry Experts who contribute their thoughts and experiences. […]
It’s Time for Data Governance 2.0 with erwin DG
The erwin, Inc. premiere of erwin DG at the DATAVERSITY® Data Architecture Summit 2017 marks a new approach to tackling the practice of discovering, understanding, governing and socializing data. That strategy, dubbed Data Governance 2.0, puts the focus on making Data Governance everyone’s business, in order to fully leverage data for strategic advantage and remove […]
Data Modeling, NoSQL, and MongoDB
In mid-2017, erwin, Inc announced the development of erwin DM NoSQL, the most recent evolutionary step in their expansion of erwin’s software. erwin DM NoSQL is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) application, supporting erwin, Inc’s Any2 Data Management philosophy (any data, located anywhere). The new addition to the basic erwin Data Management base offers relational data modeling […]
A Recent Innovation in NoSQL Data Modeling: Forward and Reverse Engineering Combined
Many organizations would like to develop and incorporate a NoSQL data model in their existing architectures, and to hire staff with Data Modeling skills. Unfortunately, there is a significant lack of data modelers with NoSQL experience, and reliable NoSQL Data Modeling tools are only just beginning to emerge into the market. The shortage of experienced […]
Facilitating Collaborative Data Governance, Enterprise Data Architecture, and Data Modeling
“On its own, Big Data means nothing. It’s got to exist, coexist, and work with the other data,” said Ron Huizenga, Senior Product Manager at IDERA Software. “The good news in the industry is [that] we’re past Big Data being the shiny ball that people are chasing,” and now we’re trying to assess what Big […]
2017 DATAVERSITY Mid-Year Top 20
Twice a year we look at the top content over the last year to do a deeper dive into what people are reading. Over the years, we have seen a definite shift in interest. Five years ago, Big Data had hit mainstream media and people were doing searches to educate themselves on NoSQL (Not only […]
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 […]
Building a Data Governance Program with Data Modeling
“How do you make Data Governance real where the rubber hits the road?” asked Danny Sandwell, speaking at the Enterprise Data World 2016 Conference. Sandwell, who is Product Marketing Manager for erwin, Inc. said that organizations using data models to aid in the creation of a solid Data Governance Program are better able to meet […]