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Apr 17 2024
Crossing the Data Divide: AI Data Assistants — A Data Leader’s Force Multiplier
The focus of my last column, titled Crossing the Data Divide: Data Catalogs and the Generative AI Wave, was on the impact of large language models (LLM) and generative artificial intelligence (AI) and how we disseminate knowledge throughout the enterprise and the future role of the data catalogs. Spoiler alert if you have not read […]


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Author: John Wills

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Apr 3 2024
The Book Look: Cassandra Data Modeling and Schema Design
I love writing this column for TDAN. It lets me discuss what I learned from a newly released data management book. When I publish a book through Technics Publications, I see the manuscript mostly through the eyes of a publisher. But when I write this column, I see the manuscript through the eyes of a […]


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Author: Steve Hoberman

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Dec 20 2023
Legal Issues for Data Professionals: A New Data Licensing Model
Setting the Stage: Data as a Business Asset This column presents a new model for licensing and sharing data, one that I call the “Decision Rights Data Licensing Model” (or the “Decision Rights Model,” in a shorter form) and one that has been met with acceptance in commercial transactions. The Decision Rights Model addresses current business […]


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Author: William A. Tanenbaum

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Nov 1 2023
A Step Ahead: Categories – Boon or Bane?
Do you love or hate organizing papers and objects in your home? For those that hate it, why do you hate it? I like the results of organizing: reduction of clutter and ease of finding things. But I hate the process of organizing. The reason usually has to do with the fact that the object […]


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Author: The MITRE Corporation

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