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                    Choosing a vendor for master data management? Use these seven criteria to match available tools to your enterprise's needs.
                    
			            - By David  Loshin
- May 18, 2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The RDBMS provides transactional safeguards and data management amenities that NoSQL database systems do not now provide -- and probably won't provide for quite some time.
                    
			            - By Steve  Swoyer
- May 17, 2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Read IoT security advice offered by an open source foundation and by technology executives, plus how to determine whether you should be in the cloud. 
                    
			            - By Quint  Turner
- May 16, 2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Datawatch's Monarch 13.3 release adds new analytical functions and algorithms. It also bundles new automated data loading capabilities, along with an Angoss export function. 
                    
			            - By Steve  Swoyer
- May 16, 2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Cloud BI player Birst says that it's the biggest name in network BI. Network BI isn't a recognized category, but Birst's vision of it gets at a real and pressing problem.
                    
			            - By Steve  Swoyer
- May 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Graph database technology gives us a way to clarify the connections between and among data points, facts, analytics, and other synthetic objects. As more enterprises intend to relate data across disparate data models, interest in graphing technology should rise. 
                    
			            - By Steve  Swoyer
- May 13, 2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    We IT professionals are in danger of losing our history if we don't make the effort to remember the contributions of those who went before us.
                    
			            - By Bill  Inmon
- May 12, 2016