Get started
Bring yourself up to speed with our introductory content.
Get started
Bring yourself up to speed with our introductory content.
Hadoop
Hadoop is an open source distributed processing framework that manages data processing and storage for big data applications running in clustered systems. Continue Reading
Third-party database tools boast attractive alternatives
For companies considering third-party database tools, this handbook provides expert advice on evaluating and deploying on-premises and cloud options from third parties. Continue Reading
Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
An entity relationship diagram (ERD), also known as an entity relationship model, is a graphical representation that depicts relationships among people, objects, places, concepts or events within an information technology (IT) system. Continue Reading
-
big data
Big data is an evolving term that describes a large volume of structured, semi-structured and unstructured data that has the potential to be mined for information and used in machine learning projects and other advanced analytics applications. Continue Reading
data
In computing, data is information that has been translated into a form that is efficient for movement or processing. Continue Reading
relational database
A relational database is a set of formally described tables from which data can be accessed or reassembled in many different ways without having to reorganize the database tables.Continue Reading
data analytics (DA)
Data analytics (DA) is the science of examining raw data with the purpose of drawing conclusions about that information.Continue Reading
data warehouse
A data warehouse is a federated repository for all the data collected by an enterprise's various operational systems, be they physical or logical.Continue Reading
Big data containers gain wider appeal in system deployments
This handbook examines the use of Docker containers in Kubernetes clusters to run big data systems and offers insight on container deployment and management issues.Continue Reading
Data virtualization tools promote anywhere, anytime data access
This online handbook examines data virtualization software and how organizations are deploying and using the technology as part of their data integration processes.Continue Reading
-
Data as a Service (DaaS)
Data as a Service (DaaS) is an information provision and distribution model in which data files (including text, images, sounds, and videos) are made available to customers over a network, typically the Internet.Continue Reading
Advice on enterprise data cleansing from an SAP VP
SAP's Kristin McMahon details data cleansing best practices and explains why a good data cleanse needs continual communication, collaboration and oversight.Continue Reading
DataOps (data operations)
DataOps (data operations) is an Agile approach to designing, implementing and maintaining a distributed data architecture that will support a wide range of open source tools and frameworks in production.Continue Reading
data virtualization
Data virtualization is an umbrella term used to describe any approach to data management that allows an application to retrieve and manipulate data without needing to know any technical details about the data such as how it is formatted or where it ...Continue Reading
Data model design tips to help standardize business data
Data models should be understandable to business users and kept to a reasonable scope, say the leaders of a data modeling initiative at England's Environment Agency.Continue Reading