According to DAMA International’s Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge, enterprise data architecture typically consists of three major sets of design components. First, an enterprise data ...

It entails putting data objects, their relationships and the rules governing them into visual form. Because it calls on diverse expertise, data modeling is rarely a one-time solo effort.

“ More people are manipulating and modeling data than ever. Without the right tools, collaboration complexity and cost can balloon,” said Tomasz Tunguz, Founder of Theory Ventures.

Netezza Corp. plans to release a new data warehousing appliance that it says is a third of the price of its previous model and runs on new, faster blade server-based hardware.