Steve Hoberman is a presenter, consultant, and the author of seven books on data modeling, including the bestseller Data Modeling Made Simple. One...
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Metadata Market Study Report
Recently, the Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ, a European consortium research program) engaged with Fraunhofer Institute for...
Data Modeling Tip for DBAs – by John Sterrett
Database Administrators (DBAs) are given so many different tasks from creating maintenance plans, upgrading databases, fighting performance...
7 Dangerous Myths DBAs Believe about Data Modeling
How much does your DBA really know about data modeling? Data modeling can simplify routine tasks and provide valuable context for a database...
The Hidden Elephant in ‘Big Data’ Modeling – by Len Silverston
The Elephant “We must understand the data and therefore continue to develop data models, even in this 'Big Data' era." exclaimed the data warehouse...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
Integrating Data from Multiple Sources: Making Sense of Conformable Data – by David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity
This is the third post in this series. Read the previous post. In my last post, the discussion focused on the ability to infer metadata about...
Building Your Very First Data Model From Scratch
Section 1: Creating a Data Model In this section, we will be learning how to create a data model from scratch using ER/Studio Data Architect. See...
Seven Deadly Sins of Database Design
If you don’t get the data right, nothing else matters. However, the business focus on applications often overshadows the priority for a...