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  • Data Vault, Data Mesh, and Polysemes

    Data Vault, Data Mesh, and Polysemes

    For those who are familiar with ‘Data Vault’ and are curious about ‘Data Mesh’, you may be asking yourself if any synergy exists between the two.  I’m happy to say that there is beautiful symmetry between the two. Data Vault is a proven methodology for building an analytic solution end-to-end from the businesses’ perspective; in…

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  • From the Desk of Dan: Understanding MetaOps

    From the Desk of Dan: Understanding MetaOps

    From the Desk of Dan: Understanding MetaOps MetaOps is a critical aspect of data management and analytics, especially in large organizations with complex data ecosystems. It helps organizations to better understand their data assets, reduce the risk of data breaches or errors, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of data-related processes. MetaOps professionals are responsible…

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  • Poison Data and Espionage, AI, ML, Deep Learning

    Poison Data and Espionage, AI, ML, Deep Learning

    In Episode 2 of Unlocking the Data Vault, I mentioned the term: Poison Data.   I must admit, it’s a cool term, and I also admit the term is not mine.  It stems from espionage in an attempt to poison data that feeds AI / ML and deep learning algorithms.  It distorts documents, imagery, video, and…

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  • Positive and Negative Impacts of AI Machine Learning

    Positive and Negative Impacts of AI Machine Learning

    While the craze of AI has been dominating several minds these days, there are two sides to reality that the majority of folks aren’t prepared for or don’t know the answer to. The first of course is that it’s not there yet. And, the second is that it’s getting there at an unprecedented pace. Nevertheless,…

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  • Centralized vs Decentralized Architecture

    Centralized vs Decentralized Architecture

    By Mark Budzinski Centralized vs Decentralized Architecture is a topic we have been discussing in our podcast and blogs lately. We often like to frame the discussion of centralization as a war, an either/or focused on the versus in the middle. Because of this, the flaws of both sides are brought to the forefront: on…

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  • Agile Methodology – A Cornerstone of the Data Vault 2 Standard

    By Dan Linstedt Where Did The Agile Methodology Come From? Agile methodology and the word “agile” is thrown around boardrooms and scope documents like confetti at a child’s birthday party. Perhaps there is no adjective (or is it a proper noun?) thrown around more actively among data engineers and their managers than the term agile.…

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  • Snowflake:Getting Foreign Key Columns

    Snowflake:Getting Foreign Key Columns

    A stored procedure to build and populate KEY_COLUMN_USAGE on Snowflake DB – because the database is currently missing this structure / view within the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.

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  • WEBINAR: Understanding DV2 Agile Implementation

    WEBINAR: Understanding DV2 Agile Implementation

    Come TALK TO ME LIVE!  Bring your questions – even if they aren’t about Agile Implementation, this is your chance to talk with me live. The Data Vault 2.0 Agile Implementation Cycle is a key piece and very often misunderstood. Using and leveraging it correctly can make or break your projects. Too many teams get…

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  • M.I.T. Customer Journey

    Speaker: Tyler Brezler You Have to Start Somewhere: A Beginner’s Guide to Implementation Building your first Data Vault can be a bit intimidating, especially if you’re not a seasoned data professional. Collision codes, ghost keys, and PIT tables – oh my! Join Tyler as he examines his experience building a Data Vault for the first…

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  • Podcast – Fireside Chat with Dan Linstedt, Bill Inmon and Kent Graziano

    Watch this exclusive session from WWDVC 2023 this year at the Fireside Chat with Dan Linstedt, Bill Inmon and Kent Graziano. These three legends got together and discussed a few stories.

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