The introduction of object-oriented (OO) programming languages provoked an unfortunate schism in the world of software development. Relational...
Embarcadero and the Object/Relational Mismatch – by Robin Bloor
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ER/Studio Model Repository Database Sizing Guide for IBM DB2
Howdy! In this final installment, I will be covering on how to ensure optimum model repository performance for IBM DB2. [Update Statistics]...
ER/Studio Database Sizing Guide – Best Practices
ER/Studio Database Sizing Guide - Best Practices Howdy! In this blog post, let us shed some light on how to better leverage Capacity planning and...
Metadata Market Study Report
Recently, the Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ, a European consortium research program) engaged with Fraunhofer Institute for...
Setting up Oracle for Embarcadero ER/Studio – Part 2
Howdy! Welcome to the next installment of the series. In today's series, we will explore the options for Oracle Client Setup needed for ER/Studio. ...
Setting up Oracle for Embarcadero ER/Studio – Part 1
In this blog post, I will be covering how easy it is for one to setup Oracle, in order to successfully work with Embarcadero's leading...
Breaking Down Business Barriers with Enterprise Architecture – Slide Presentation
Below is the slide presentation from our recent webinar Breaking Down Business Barriers with Enterprise Architecture. See the companion webinar at:...
How Do You Collaborate on Enterprise Data?
As enterprise data environments become more complex, the need for full understanding of what the data means becomes more apparent. When you’re...
Enabling Enterprise Agility Through Model-Driven Data Design
There is a growing need to integrate diverse databases with each other and with new data sources. This is accomplished through integration of data...
IDC Technology Spotlight: Enabling Enterprise Agility Through Model-Driven Data Design
IDC Technology Spotlight: Enabling Enterprise Agility Through Model-Driven Data Design There is a growing need to build and integrate databases with...
Demystifying Macros with ER/Studio
In the webinar, Demystifying Macros with ER/Studio, Embarcadero Software Consultant Stanley Chan demonstrated how macros work in ER/Studio. He...
Aligning Your Models for Master Data Management – by David Loshin
In my last post, I suggested that the conventional “facet” approach to designing master data models (in which each master domain is modeled,...
Video: ER/Studio Support for Hadoop Hive
Since data stored in Hadoop is almost always used for analytics, and because of its immense volume and wide variety, the need for data modeling has...
Model Your Hadoop Hive Databases with ER/Studio
With round-trip database support, data modeling professionals can use ER/Studio Data Architect to easily reverse-engineer, compare and merge, and...
Improve Agility and Collaboration with ER/Studio XE7
On April 28, 2015, Embarcadero announced the XE7 release of our award-winning ER/Studio data modeling and architecture suite, with new features to...
Business-Oriented Conceptual Modeling for Master Data Entities – by David Loshin
In my previous post, we examined some of the challenges associated with developing data models for master data entities managed within an MDM...
The Evolution of Data Modeling – by Ron Huizenga
When we review the evolution of new data architecture and development methodologies, along with the corresponding changes in corporate culture, we...
The Challenge of Master Data Modeling – by David Loshin
I had a recent email exchange in which a customer was looking for guidance in developing data models for master data entities used across multiple...
Comprehensive Data Security Requires Metadata – by Rob Loranger
Anthem Inc. – 80,000,000 records stolen; Sony Pictures – 100 terabytes of data stolen; JP Morgan Chase – 70,000,000 records stolen; and EBay –...
ER/Studio MetaWizard Does The Magic!
Often times you would hear about moving objects from one Data Modeling platform to another for various reasons. Embarcadero's Meta-Wizard...
Embrace the Future of Data Architecture: Make the Switch to ER/Studio
Sometimes you need to face the inevitable: the tool selected years ago is not the one you need for the future. Have you been struggling with...
The Future of ER/Studio: A Roadmap Outlook
Customers often ask us what we plan to do for future releases of ER/Studio. Many times we hold that information close, and only provide information...
Integrating Data from Multiple Sources: Inferring Source Metadata – by David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity
This is the second post in this series. Read the previous post and the next post. In my last post, we began to review the data element...
Integrating Data from Multiple Sources: The Challenge of Data Element Conformance – by David Loshin
This is the first post in this series. Read the next post. The continued fascination with expanding an organization’s analytics capabilities often...