Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. Building Data Models from Meta Models Recently, I worked with a government client on a Knowledge Graph kind of project. Being government, much of their data is public information. And, consequently, so are the data models. Instead of diagramming the same data all over again, I decided […]
Data Modeling is Dead…Long Live Schema Design!
Click to learn more about author Pascal Desmarets. Reality or not, the perception nowadays is that Data Modeling has become a bottleneck and doesn’t fit in an Agile Development approach. Plus, with NoSQL being “schema-less”, perception often is that there is no need for Data Modeling ahead of coding. You may pretend that it is not […]
Data Architects and Data Modelers: The SQL/NoSQL Debate is Dead
Karen Lopez says that when it comes to surviving as a Data Architect, “Hybrid is the future.” It’s no longer enough to speak only one language or stay attached to one set of technologies. According to Lopez, “purely relational (SQL) databases don’t exist any longer,” since most applications developed now use various types of database […]
Is Rapid Discovery of ERP or CRM Personal Data for GDPR possible?
Click to learn more about author Roland Bullivant. One of the key tasks early in a GDPR compliance programme is to locate where Personal Data is stored across an organisation’s information ecosystem. Often this is referred to as an Information Audit or Readiness Assessment. To comply with GDPR, an organisation must be able to point […]
How to Make Decisions About Data Modeling Relationships in Databases
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. When you face highly connected data, you might have to choose between Relational vs. Graph. Which one is better? The answers became clear to me, when I asked people from both camps using two (non-scientific) questionnaires. It is not rocket science, but you still need to do […]
NoSQL Data Architecture & Data Governance: Everything You Need to Know
Click to learn more about author Akshay Pore. NoSQL databases have seen increased adoption in the last five years. A growing number of companies have at least one NoSQL database as a part of their enterprise data landscape. In today’s IT environment, where DevOps, SAFe and Agile are being increasingly embraced, utilization of NoSQL database for […]
Metadata Discovery in Minutes: An Intelligent Solution
Roland Bullivant is accustomed to the stunned silence that often greets a demonstration of Safyr®, Silwood Technology’s Metadata Discovery software. Moments after realizing that Safyr creates a complete Metadata Glossary for large ERP and CRM packages in a matter of hours, a process that can take an entire team working full time six months – […]
How Not to Get Lost in 2018 with Knowledge Graphs: Map, Graph, Go!
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. Losing your way is easy. Much of Data Modeling in the search, analytics and reporting spaces have been focused on the fabulous five W-words. The hope is to try to answer the Why-question: We have been throwing technologies at this for quite some years now: Plain old […]
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 […]
Knowledge Maps – Structure Versus Meaning
Click to learn more about author John Singer. We are at an inflection point in the process of designing and building computerized systems. Let’s be honest – even with the explosion of new data technologies we are still building the same unit record processing systems from the 60’s, although with a bit more sophistication than an […]