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The Book Look: Cassandra Data Modeling and Schema Design

The Data Administration Newsletter

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. I love writing this column for TDAN. But when I write this column, I see the manuscript through the eyes of a […]

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Data Marketplace, Data Catalog, and Data Sharing Agreements: Let’s Make It Clear

Dataversity

As some of you already know, I am dedicating these summer days to the writing of my new book, “99 Questions About Data Management,” which follows in some way the book “20 Things You Have to Know About Data Management.”

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The Book Look: Technical Writing for Quality

The Data Administration Newsletter

Why would Technics Publications publish a book outside its specialty of data management? First, Graham is a world-renowned data modeler and the author of Data Modeling for Quality, and therefore many of his examples are in the field of data management. Second, and more […]

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The Book Look: Data Storytelling for Data Management

The Data Administration Newsletter

Sometimes I like to read a book purely for pleasure, like a good Dan Brown or Stephen King novel, and sometimes I like to read a book to learn something new. There are not many books that I read for both pleasure and to learn new things. One exception is Telling Your Data Story: Data […].

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The Book Look: Data Privacy Across Borders

The Data Administration Newsletter

I never realized how complex data privacy rules can be for multinational companies until I read “Data Privacy Across Borders” by Lambert Hogenhout and Amanda Wang.

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The Book Look: Data Strategies for Data Governance

The Data Administration Newsletter

What makes a data book great? Our time is valuable, so a good data book should be concise and practical. It should show us how to do something, step by step, so we can apply the techniques to reinforce and always remember. The experiences of the author should shine through in every chapter. It should […]

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The Book Look: Non-Invasive Data Governance Strikes Again

The Data Administration Newsletter

From Bob Seiner’s first book, Non-Invasive Data Governance, we learned how to get the benefits of data governance without making major changes to our job roles or functions. We avoid the “command and control” approaches and still have people responsible for the organization’s data without reorgs or undue employee stress.