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De-duplication in a graph database
Could you use a graph database for matching? Yes, almost certainly. And, if so, how would that compete with data quality tools? Continue reading
Posted in data governance, data quality, graph, Netezza, Philip Howard
Tagged Netezza
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SQL and NoSQL
Adding SQL to a NoSQL database will only be of limited value unless you also have a database optimiser Continue reading
Now here’s a thought
Social media analysis may help you understand what customers want but if you don’t understand your customers in the first place that won’t help Continue reading
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
Will appliances take over the Hadoop marketplace and, if so, what will be the fallout? Continue reading
Is IMS a NoSQL database?
Can a definition of a NoSQL database that includes IMS even make sense? Continue reading
DB2: a relational epithet is no longer enough
DB2 now has so many storage engines that it’s no longer accurate to simply call it “relational” Continue reading
It’s a busy time of year
Lots of vendors bring out new releases at this time of year. Here are three of the less obvious but interesting ones in the database/warehousing/analytics space Continue reading
Posted in data warehousing, MapReduce, MySQL, Netezza, NoSQL, Philip Howard
Tagged analytics, big data, database, Netezza
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Why you should license Excel 2013: and it’s not because of the BI
The most important thing about Excel 2013 is the governance and its going to put a number of third party companies and products under a lot of pressure Continue reading
Informatica positions itself in the security space
Data privacy is both a governance and a security issue. With its data masking Informatica is targeting the latter space and there may be more to come Continue reading
Posted in data governance, data masking, Netezza, Philip Howard, Security, Test Data Management
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Agile development and change management: are they mutually exclusive?
The recent software debacle at RBS shows that poor software development is very costly. Agile developers need to think seriously about change management. Continue reading
Posted in agile, Change Management, development, Netezza, Philip Howard, version control
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