В прошлую среду мы провели вебинар "RAD Server для разработки современных корпоративных систем", на котором присутствовало много новых слушателей, и само собой, тех, кто давно приходит послушать наши рассказы о новейших и традиционных технологиях компании Embarcadero Technologies.  Это был рассказ-знакомство с новым продуктом, который предлагает Embarcadero. В кратком обзоре мы рассказали о назначении, возможностях и особенностях решения, отличиях RAD Server от других продуктов Embarcadero...

  Recently, the Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ, a European consortium research program) engaged with Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics to produce a new Market Study report called METADATA MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR ENTERPRISE DATA MANAGEMENT. This extensive market study describes the role of data management in today’s enterprise and provides a broad overview of over 30 software solutions available, including Embarcadero’s ER/Studio XE7. Embarcadero is honore...

This is an excerpt from the IDC Technology Spotlight June 2015 report, Enabling Enterprise Agility Through Model-Driven Data Design. This paper examines the growing importance of model-driven processes for database design and management. You can download the entire report here.

In my last post, I suggested that the conventional “facet” approach to designing master data models (in which each master domain is modeled, designed, and implemented in isolation from the others in the enterprise) creates gaps in the ability to effectively build applications that facilitate successful execution of end-to-end business processes. For example, the perception (and consequently the definition) of the role of a “customer” changes between the marketing, sales, finance, fulfillment, an...

On April 28, 2015, Embarcadero announced the XE7 release of our award-winning ER/Studio data modeling and architecture suite, with new features to improve agility and collaboration in enterprise data landscapes. Let’s highlight them, and for more details and a demonstration, you can watch the on-demand webinar from April 30th. ER/Studio continues to incorporate new capabilities and features to improve the user experience, enhance the data architecture, and address emerging industry technologies...

In my previous post, we examined some of the challenges associated with developing data models for master data entities managed within an MDM environment, and I implied that achieving the holy grail of MDM, namely the (elusive, if not purely mythical) “golden record” would first require a practice for business-oriented data conceptual and logical data modeling. We tend to have a “dimensional attitude” about master data, focusing on “customer master” or “supplier master” or “product master” as i...

When we review the evolution of new data architecture and development methodologies, along with the corresponding changes in corporate culture, we can see that there have been numerous approaches over the years. In the earlier days of traditional / waterfall processes for data modeling, there was a more rigid organizational structure with data modelers, programmers, and system analysts. Agile methodologies emerged in an attempt to address the shortcomings of traditional practices. The focus chan...

I had a recent email exchange in which a customer was looking for guidance in developing data models for master data entities used across multiple business functions and domains. One of the motivating factors was the desire for evolving a “golden record” (a term that makes me bristle each time I hear it, by the way) for each master entity type – a golden customer record, a golden product record, etc. I expressed my concern about two things: attempting to create a model intended to represent a s...

Anthem Inc. – 80,000,000 records stolen; Sony Pictures – 100 terabytes of data stolen; JP Morgan Chase – 70,000,000 records stolen; and EBay – 145,000,000 records stolen. This short list is the “tip of the iceberg” of organizations across all industries that have had significant amounts of their customer, employee, and other important organization data stolen. With the increased reliance of digital information by organizations and their customers, these trends will likely continue and be fueled ...