Data Architecture: From Zen to Reality

Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 448 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Data is an expensive and expansive Asset Information capture has forced Storage Capacity from megabytes to terabytes of exabytes and pretty soon the zetabytes of data. So the need for accessible storage space for this data is great. To make this huge amount of data usable and relevant. it needs to be organized effectively. Database Base Management Systems. such as Oracle. IBM's DB2. and Microsoft SqlServer are used often. but these are being enhanced continuously and auxiliary tools are being developed every week; there needs to be a fundamental starting point for it all. That stating point is Data Architecture. the blueprint for organizing and structuring of information for services. service providers. and the consumers of that data. Data Architecture: From Zen to Reality explains the principles underlying data...