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January 2009

Articles

Governance for Taxonomic Reference Data
by Malcolm Chisholm
Reference data is the Rodney Dangerfield of the data world – it gets no respect. However, it is feared. Malcolm Chisholm explains why.

Agile: The Good News, The Bad News
by Larry Burns
Larry Burns describes Agile Development and discusses the positive advantages of this approach to application development.

Grids in Data Warehousing
by Madhu Zode
This article discusses how IT organizations face challenges when data volume explodes and how grid technology has proven to be an effective solution to handle this data volume and make the data processing faster. This article also looks at the data warehousing products of some of the vendors that have implemented the grid technology in their databases and ETL tools.

Special Features

5 Hiring Habits of Successful CIOs
by Peter Cabaniss
This article provides advice for recruiting IT professionals.

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Featured Columns

The Database Report – January 2009
by Craig S. Mullins
Reporting on Database Industry News from October through December, 2008
Craig Mullins reviews the DBMS marketplace during the fourth quarter of 2008.

The Data Modeling Addict – January 2009
by Steve Hoberman
Making Sense of Unstructured Data
When playing the role of analyst, architect or modeler, it is important to distinguish structured data from unstructured data because it forces us to confirm we have the right requirements

Unwired Tap – January 2009
by Robert S. Dominko
Bigger, Better, Cheaper – 2009 and Beyond
Bob Dominko looks at what we can expect in 2009 for the wireless and digital industries.

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Perspectives

Managing Risk in a Flat World
by Isaac Cheifetz

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