Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Database Modeling / Management
Database modeling and management has been around for years. Even an address book is technically a database, because it's a collection of organized data. Database management and modeling helps in keeping data consistent, making sure you don't repeat data, data isn't incorrectly represented, and it can also be searched, reviewed, added to, or deleted from easily.
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Had I been following the blogs, http://www.dbms2.com/ and http://dbageek.blogspot.com/ earlier, I would have been underwhelmed with the activity of the latter. However, the former had activity. In particular an article about "Splunk": http://www.dbms2.com/2009/10/18/general-introduction-to-splunk/
ReplyDeleteUpon reading it, it seems relatively interesting. It's a piece of software that stores logs like server logs, privacy logs, access logs, etc. in order to prevent fraud and provide physical security. For some reason he sees it as worth the money. Obviously something for very large companies who are really concerned about privacy and security.
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ReplyDeleteI would have still seen nothing from the dbageek blog, but from the other I would have seen this article: http://www.dbms2.com/2009/10/25/data-warehouse-balanced-hardware-configuration/
In this article the author compares data warehouses. This is interesting. I've never heard of any of these companies except Oracle/Sun. I suppose this is probably because I have no need of a Data Warehouse's services. Most of the qualifications he uses for the warehouses go right over my head. But at least now I realize what he's talking about when he says "Teradata." It's a company; I previously thought it was a lame pseudonym.
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ReplyDeleteAgain, nothing from datageek.
DBMS posted a new blog entry just yesterday about Teradata.
Apparently Teradata has some "impressive" ideas for launching itself into success. The author of this blog thinks that it's just a hype. He declares the "new technologies" that Teradata is declaring as really just old ones with new features. Also, he thinks that all of the new ideas that they haven't released yet aren't released because they haven't been designed. Hm... I really have no experience with Teradata, but the way this blogger makes it sound, it's just a normal data warehouse company that is trying to make itself seem more revolutionary than it actually is...
Jake, This is a very complete project. Your organization and the information you have provided is of high quality.
ReplyDeleteGreat Job!