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VOLUME 16 ISSUE 02 - FEBRUARY 2012

The February 2012 issue of TDAN.com was announced on February 1. This issue includes articles from Robert S. Seiner (Real-World Data Governance), Nicola Askham, Jay Zaidi, and Kimball, Luisi and Munshi. The new Feature Columns are from Frank Kowalkowski/Gil Laware, Anne Marie Smith, Larry Burns (new column for Larry!) and Ron Ross. New Special Features were added from Anne Marie Smith, and book reviews from Keith Gordon and David C. Hay. Please see below for the titles and links to the articles. Please feel free to contact the publisher with all suggestions and comments regarding this and past issues.

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Current Newsletter

Articles

Real-World Data Governance
by Robert S. Seiner
The Path to a Successful Data Governance Program
In this article, Bob Seiner writes about his new monthly webinar series with Dataversity as well as the importance of...
Leveraging the Regulatory Stick
by Nicola Askham
Anyone who has tried to get a data governance or data quality initiative started will know from experience that they are...
Proactive and Reactive Techniques to Address Information Quality Challenges Head On
by Jay Zaidi
In many instances band aids are applied to take care of information quality issues, rather than addressing the root...
Architecture Made Easy, Part 13
by Sean Kimball, James Luisi, Manish Munshi
The New Philosophy of Enterprise Architecture
Businesses have many tools at their disposal. However, discovering ways of deploying them to better compete in the...

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Featured Columns

The Skeptical Architect - February 2012
by Frank Kowalkowski, Gil Laware
In this column, Frank Kowalkowski and Gil Laware suggest that quick-hit business insight can be attained by illustrating...
The EIM Puzzle - February 2012
by Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.
EIM is a business responsibility, shared with IT but “owned” by the business entity and instituted across the enterprise. ...
Agile Data Design - February 2012
by Larry Burns
A New Beginning
This month, Larry Burns starts a new column focused on Agile Data Design. Larry has been providing a column titled...
Business Rules - February 2012
by Ronald G. Ross
Concept Model vs. Conceptual Data Model - Full Frontal Assault
Did you ever pause for a while to ponder the meaning of the term “data”? Most of us don’t. In this column from Ron Ross, Ron...

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Special Features

DM Forum and the Enterprise Architecture and Data Warehousing 2012 Conference
by Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.
Strategic Direction for your Organization
Book Review: UML and Data Modeling
by Keith Gordon
A Reconciliation by David C. Hay
Keith Gordon's review of David C. Hay's new book UML and Data Modeling.
Book Review: Principles of Data Management:
by David C. Hay
Facilitating Information Sharing
David C. Hay's review of Keith Gordon's book Principles of Data Management.
What's New in Data Governance
by Davida Berger
Davida Berger shares up to the minute happenings in the world of Data Governance.