Volume, velocity and variety characteristics of information assets are not three parts of Gartner’s definition of big data, it is part one, and oftentimes, misunderstood. Most people only retain about ...

In writing a definition for an entity, an attribute, or any other element within a database design, the desired end is a descriptive text that is clear, factual and concise. Semantics are an ambiguous ...

relationships are established between the groups of data. Typically, a database is organized according to the types of data and how you want to use the data. You must understand and be familiar with ...

Yesterday I got an email from UC Berkeley’s Master of Information and Data Science program, asking me to respond to a survey of data science thought leaders, asking the question “What is big data”? I ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. The emergence of business intelligence and data warehousing initiatives has placed ...

The requirements for a logical and physical database vary by size and design parameters. A logical database must be able to access and identify all files within the storage system to operate correctly ...

Database programs let users create and edit single files interactively at the keyboard. However, as soon as they want data in one file to automatically update another, programming has to be done. That ...

A customer relationship management (CRM) database is a resource that contains all customer data that all departments within an organization can access. These data include customer information, sales ...

The modern business world is driven by data and some of the most valuable is customer data. Finding the best way to satisfy customers requires studying their needs and that means analyzing the data ...

Socrates is noted as saying, “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.” This premise should dominate how mission-oriented organizations communicate with the rest of the world, but it’s ...