Blog: Dan E. Linstedt: Archives

Blog: Dan E. Linstedt
Archives Operational Data Warehousing on the way... Unstructured Information Pushes Dynamic Restructuring Dynamic Data Models - Automorphic Changes Part 6: Secrets of the Masters New Skills Required - Interactive BI Part 5: Secrets of the Masters New skills required for BI and Data Presentation going forward The new evolution of Data Modeling Part 4: Secrets of the Masters Part 3: Secrets of the Masters Part 2: Secrets of the Masters Secrets of the Masters - Part 1 Automorphic Data Models IT Agility and Business Stove-pipes Fabric Systems, MPP, and SMP Compute Power Operational Data Warehousing / Active Data Warehousing Thoughts about Dynamic Data Warehousing & Context Indexing: VLDW and Data Sets System of Entry, System of Record - System of Shifting Sands Context and Perspective Over-Normalization: VLDW and performance of queries Mistaken Nano-Identities (just for fun) Normalizing / Denormalizing: VLDW & Architecture ETL/ELT: VLDW and Multi-passing data ETL/ELT: VLDW & Data Integration Details ETL Engines: VLDW & Loading / Transforming Applications In General: VLDW and Machine Play Database Specifics: VLDW & Switches, making it work Databases and VLDW: Petabyte Scalability Disk and VLDW: What you need, can use Operating Systems: What you need for VLDW Hardware: What do you need for VLDW? Commoditization of the EDW/BI Market. How Data Models can Impact Business Automated Derterministic Contextual Coefficients Why do business changes impact my EDW so much? Federated Star Schemas Going Super-Nova Necessary Shifts in the Industry Welcome to Thought Experiments Appliances for Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Dynamic Nature of Systems ETL & ELT - as they relate to VLDW DDW - Constantly re-defining the term DDW - Detecting and Securing Changes Dynamic Data Warehousing... A new definition Dynamic Data Warehousing and IBM (a rant) Contextual Shifts in Metadata Understanding Where o where is my metadata? EII and its future value Addressing Convergence, Appliances, and the Market Space SQLServer2005 and SSIS, Part 2 Business Value of Data Vault Data Models I.T. Profitability - a follow on Microsoft SSIS and SQLServer2005 Defining Unstructured Data & DW2.0 Is IT really putting business out of Business? Open and Closed Appliances - Thought Experiment BI/DW Appliances: I hate to say "I told you so..." but... Time Value of Metadata RFID tracking for Individuals needs to go away Performance of ETL From an Architecture Perspective My Holiday Wish List for BI of Tomorrow RFID Is Dead! Or Is It? Necessities of Governance ETL, ELT - Challenges and Metadata Does Big Data Equal More Business Intelligence? IBM - DB2 UDB 9.x - hot new technology Data Integration - Performance Numbers ETLT or ELT - Either way, pull back the sheets. High Volume, Low Performance - Can CDC Help? High volume and low performance - what to do? DNA Computing - What should it be used for? Don't get your knickers in a twist! MDaaS, Master Data, pros and cons, and definition MDaaS - Master Data as a Service Oracle and Sunopsis - my Technical Half Cent Between Inmon and Kimball - Data Modeling Part 2 ELT Part 2 - Don't lose sight of Metadata ELT, ETL and Terabytes of Volume Hot new Open Source ETL/BI products Nanohousing, an interesting thought on the way to dinner. Back to Appliances and Defining the World Where should Dirty Data be cleaned up? Dirty Data Sets = Hemorrhaging Money in Business Temperature of Data for RDBMS, and DW 2.0 MDM and Consolidation of Data Sets The nature of Appliances in the DW Space Business Metadata and Technical Metadata Technical versus Business Metadata - classifications Hot Tool, Hot Product, Hotter Prospects MDM: Taxonomies, Classifications, Ontologies, Registries RFID for Data? Watermark for Data? Data Administration - What IS It? Appliances and EDW Integration, a second look The Answer? MDM - MMDM - SOA and Registries IT from Cost Center to Profit Center - Next Steps RFID Tracking and Nanotechnology for BI Meta Integration and Capabilities SQLServer2005 and Integration Services MDM: Local Copies versus Localized Copies Welcome to BI Vendors Demystifying SoR (System of Record) and MDM MDM: Deciphering Vendor Hype Clarifying MDM - Setting Standards A tribute to my mentors Understanding MDM: Rough Seas and Muddy Water Demystifying the MDM definition Golden Rules of Performance and Tuning Does MDM include Data Visualization? DW2.0 - Introductory Thoughts DNA Computing - Control over DNA Molecules Is it time to re-define your Data Warehouse? Hidden in the un-structured information... VLDW: What happens in a scaled cluster? Data Warehouse Appliance, another look MDM Part Deux (II) Master Data Management - Just Another Mart? Active and Right-Time Data Warehousing Defined Step closer to nanotech hardware System of Registry (SoR) what does it mean? System of Registries and your Master Data Appliances are coming to EDW Governance is Muddy Water. Giant Jellyfish Rip Nets in Japan Redfining the EDW and ODS Who's on First - Abbot and Costello (parody) VLDW: Clustering Versus MPP Competitive Decision Time Is Shrinking Were does EII need to go? Virtual "Data Tables" for EII Data Mining and the Active Data Warehouse DNA Computing & Tic-Tac-Toe Data Integration and Thanksgiving. Latest Nanotech Highlights What will the future integration component have? Is Modeling in your future? EII - Fight the Hype, Build EII for the Right Reasons! IT: Changing from Cost Center to Profit Center Solving your Business Problems with RFI's Redefining the "Data Warehouse" and Combining ODS+EDW Real-time versus Right-Time, Who's Right? What does ETL do that EAI Can't? Got Dirty SOX? EII & ADW & IQ RNA and RNAi in Nanohousing Push-Pull Pros and Cons Standards, Compliance, and Successes Information Valuation - Part 2 Data to Information, Architectural Roles for Business A funny idea: Slower Melting Snow What is the TRUTH anyway? Oracle - Fully Loaded? Or Dried up like dust? Data Visualization, just a flash in the pan? US govt spends $3.7 Billion on Nanotech EII and Unstructured Data - Blowout Party of the year! Personal Security and your information Can we get RFIDS for Data? Oh Where - Oh Where has my identity gone? Between Inmon and Kimball Design EII, EAI, and ETL in Laymans Terms Stinky Feet - Nanotech, the laces that bind them! What should your Dashboard look like? Is an EDW Legacy Technology because of EII? Checking in on the Nanohouse Computer Nanotech lessons for Data Modelers Data Modeling may also be stuck in 1985! Stuck in 1985! On Hiatus VLDB/VLDW And Vendor attentiveness EII - does it have a chance to survive? Quantum Wells, Quantum Wire, and Quantum Dots RDBMS and IQ ScoreCards Available Core definitions of Dynamic Data Warehousing War of the Appliances, and Convergence 3-D Visualization of Data Models The ground-swell of Nanotech Security and our Data Warehousing Solutions Microsoft wants Spyware?? What can DDW bring to the table? Misinformed definitions, an apology Metadata Tool Scorecard Profitability in all business cycles - part 5 Carbon Nanotubes for IC Chips Profitability in all business cycles - part 4 Profitability in all business cycles - part 3 ETL /ELT Scorecarding Profitability in all business cycles - part 2 Profitability in all business cycles - part 1 Structural Mining, Dynamic Data Warehousing, Neural Nets Big Data = Big Problems = Huge ROI if done right. Nanomorphing feedback loops, terminator Eyeballs. Look into the future: Appliance Data Warehouses ELT and ETL - candid view of pros and cons. DNA Robots and Computing Technology Architecture, Standards, and Business Automated Enterprise Data Warehouse Modeling ETL, ELT, EAI, EII and E-I-E-I-O SOA and Business Rule Changes SOA and DW beyond the big picture Averages and Outliers - Where's the REAL business BI? Information Valuation - Is data an Asset? Business Intelligence and the IRS It's Business Modeling, not Data Modeling. Data Modeling is vital to successful Business practices Is this the ULTIMATE SOA Payback application? Who's DATA is it anyway? Or should I say, Information? So you think Nanotech is too far out for you? Nanotech - genes and computation ability Compliance, Data Integration, Part 2 Compliance, Data Integration, Accountability? What's the big stink about anyway? Nanotech and the "Next Big Thing" Unstructured data, and Business Interpretation of results Unstructured Data and Blogging, and Data Mining? Welcome!		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Unstructured Information Pushes Dynamic Restructuring Dynamic Data Models - Automorphic Changes Part 6: Secrets of the Masters New Skills Required - Interactive BI Part 5: Secrets of the Masters New skills required for BI and Data Presentation going forward The new evolution of Data Modeling Part 4: Secrets of the Masters Part 3: Secrets of the Masters Subscribe to this blog's feed