May 14, 2008
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If you are interested in writing a short (1-5 web pages) article for our site, please contact us.  We look for articles on the following topics:

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You can navigate to the following from here:

  • Mass Import of Definitions in ERwin -- An article on a process for mass updating definitions outside ERwin.
  • Keeping the Doors Open -- Karen Lopez writes about the discouraging trend of women opting out of the IT profession. She discusses reasons that young women choose not to study computing and what parents can do to ensure their daughters can take advantage of the benefits of an IT career.
  • Performance Tuning Data Models -- Walter Howard writes about tuning for performance with supertype - subtype implementation alternatives.
  • ERStudio HTML Report -- A video overview for producing an HTML (web) report in ERStudio 7x.
  • ERwin7x Complete Compare -- A video ModelBOT of the new Complete Compare features of AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler r7.
  • ERwin7x Undo -- A Video ModelBOT of using the new Action Log, Undo, and Redo features of AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler r7.
  • ERwin7x Check Model -- A Video ModelBOT for AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler r7 new feature of Check Model.
  • ERwin 7x PDF Reports -- A Video ModelBOT of how to produce a PDF report directly from AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler r7.
  • 7 Mistakes Analysts Make -- Rob Drysdale writes about the worst mistakes modelers and analysts can make when working with business users.
  • Fun Page -- All this IT stuff doesn't mean we can't have some fun from time to time. Check this page for puzzles, quizzes, and more.
  • DAMA 2006 - Photos -- Check our our photo gallery from the Meta Data / DAMA 2006 conference.
  • Dealing with Digital Clutter -- Alex Fayle writes on dealing with digital clutter.
  • Facilitate Customer Integration -- Pete Stiglich writes about using generic dimenstional modeling techniques to faciliate customer integration
  • Enabling High Quality Analytics -- Pete Stiglich writes about a technique to enable high quality Analytics by implementing a Data Validity dimension.
  • Peformance, Surrogate Keys, and Dimensional Models -- Pete Stiglich of EWSolutions writes about surrogate keys in dimensional data models.
  • Semantics, Schemantics -- Karen Lopez writes about a great language resource for data and process management professionals
  • Using UML & Ratrional Rose -- Walter Howard writes about his experiences UML data modeling with Rational Rose.
  • InfoAdvisors Presentations -- A repository of InfoAdvisors Presentations. All presentations are copyright InfoAdvisors unless otherwise attributed.
  • Online Learning -- We list current online resources for learning about data management, data modeling, process management, and process modeling.
  • So You Want to Be a Consultant? -- Karen shares her advise for those wanting to move from full time employment to contracting/consulting.
  • Information Privacy -- What should IT professionals know about information privacy? What are the best resources for the protection of personal information? Why should organizations want to protect the privacy of their customers' data?
  • Conceptual Data Modeling for Information Quality -- Pete Stiglich shares his views on the role Conceptual Data Modeling plays on increasing data and information quality.




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