By Pete Stiglich One question I ask of data architects and data engineers that I’m interviewing is “What is the most important thing to know…
Empowering Data-Driven Decisions through Effective BI Training
By Jeremiah Willett Data Principles is a proud partner of Qlik, a leading analytics, data integration, and AI company. Qlik Sense Cloud is designed for self-service…
Enterprise Data Management Foundations and Principles
By Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D., CBIP, ARM, FIDM, FIIM Enterprise Data Management facilitates the management of data as a valuable asset of an enterprise. Using an…
Data Architecture – The Differences
By By W H Inmon Classical data architecture is dominated by structured data. Structured data was the first type of data that people had to…
The Power of Dimension Placeholder Records
By Pete Stiglich In a dimensional model, how do you handle missing or invalid values in a fact table source record that are used to…
Is the Data Warehouse centralized?
By W H Inmon Lately, people have been claiming that a data warehouse is of necessity centralized in a single location or on a single…
Normalization of Knowledge
By Donavon Gooldy Normalization is NOT an engineering exercise. The central principle that underlies its rules is that data redundancy, whether repeating groups of attributes or…
The Importance of Teaching and Implementing Ethical Data Use in Organizations
By Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D., CBIP, ARM, FIDM, FIIM In today’s data-driven world, organizations rely heavily on data to make strategic decisions, improve customer experiences,…
The Unfinished Business of Generative AI Governance
By Dr. Tejasvi Addagada Generative AI is no longer a siloed experiment. It is shaping customer interactions, redefining knowledge work, and altering the very nature…
What is Data?
By Donavon Gooldy A leader of one of the consulting firms I’ve worked for in my career answered our title question by stating that “Data…
