We had a lot of fun hosting TWO #SQLChats on Twitter last week! Vicky Harp (@vickyharp) lead our first conversation Wednesday, October 12 at 11 AM...
October #SQLChat Findings
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data modeling
Building a Business-Driven Data Architecture
In September, IDERA’s Ron Huizenga joined Eric Little and Malcolm Chisholm for a Hot Technologies session, hosted by Eric Kavanagh of the...
Unique Features of ER/Studio Data Modeling Tool
Data modeling can be challenging for large enterprise architecture environments, but it provides the much-needed structure and context for an...
The Importance of Enterprise Data Architecture
An expert in enterprise data architecture, IDERA’s Ron Huizenga joined several other panelists on a DMRadio session called “Method to...
ER/Studio Technical Training Sessions by e-Modelers
Are you looking for a deep-dive multi-day online training session for ER/Studio? IDERA is committed to helping our customers make the best use of...
Easily migrate your ERwin models to ER/Studio!
ER/Studio continues to add new features and capabilities such as Business Data Objects to help you improve the organization and readability of your...
Setting up Oracle for IDERA 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...
Setting up Oracle for IDERA 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 IDERA’s leading Enterprise...
Embarcadero and the Object/Relational Mismatch – by Robin Bloor
The introduction of object-oriented (OO) programming languages provoked an unfortunate schism in the world of software development. Relational...
A Data Modeler's 2016 Resolutions
I generally don't make resolutions, especially at the end of a year. I'm more of a "make small changes, every day, that will make a big...
The Big Data Modeling Question…
I was with a client for lunch one day and we asked the server "What do you have on tap?" She was gone quite a long time, but came...
Cyber Monday for Data Models
Just in case you've been head-down into your data models for too long, in the US the Friday after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday....
The Data Model Scorecard
Steve Hoberman is a presenter, consultant, and the author of seven books on data modeling, including the bestseller Data Modeling Made Simple. One...
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...
Are Your Data Models Agile or Fragile: Sprints
Last month I developed a whitepaper and a webinar on data modeling in an Agile environment. These works focused on what we as data modelers...
Are Your Data Models Agile or Fragile: Documentation
Last month I developed a whitepaper and a webinar on data modeling in an Agile environment. These works focused on what we as 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...
Are You Working on an Agile Project? Should You Be?
At EDW this year Ron Huizenga, Product Manager for ER/Studio, and I led a SIG discussion about working on agile projects...as a data modeler. As...
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...