What to Consider When Choosing a Data Modeling Tool

In this blog post, you will learn what to consider when choosing the best data modeling tool for your organization.

Learn about the latest release of erwin Data Modeler and the benefits of integrating SQL and NoSQL into your data modeling.

I think it’s fair to say that we’re all glad to usher in a New Year. Unexpected, unprecedented and disruptive, 2020 required radical transformation – within global organizations and our day-to-day lives. Our predictions for 2021 are rooted in what we’ve learned from the past year and the relevance of data in getting us to […]

What is Microsoft’s Common Data Model (CDM), and why is it so powerful? Imagine if every person in your organization spoke a different language, and you had no simple way to translate what they were saying? It would make your work frustrating, complicated and slow. The same is true for data, with a number of […]

Learn. Transform. Advance. That was the theme of the global conference we produced in October, but I’d venture to say it’s the mantra global organizations need to adopt as we continue to deal with the most disruptive event of our lifetime: COVID-19. Learn When I look back, I should not be surprised that 2020 has […]

Understanding the benefits of data modeling is more important than ever. Data modeling is the process of creating a data model to communicate data requirements, documenting data structures and entity types. It serves as a visual guide in designing and deploying databases with high-quality data sources as part of application development. Data modeling has been […]

Users discuss how they are putting erwin’s data modeling, enterprise architecture, business process modeling, and data intelligences solutions to work IT Central Station members using erwin solutions are realizing the benefits of enterprise modeling and data intelligence. This article highlights some specific use cases and the results they’re experiencing within the organizations. Enterprise Architecture & […]

Data modeling supports collaboration among business stakeholders – with different job roles and skills – to coordinate with business objectives. Data resides everywhere in a business, on-premise and in private or public clouds. And it exists across these hybrid architectures in different formats: big and unstructured and traditional structured business data may physically sit in […]

The role of data modeling (DM) has expanded to support enterprise data management, including data governance and intelligence efforts. After all, you can’t manage or govern what you can’t see, much less use it to make smart decisions. Metadata management is the key to managing and governing your data and drawing intelligence from it. Beyond […]

Although there is some crossover, there are stark differences between data architecture and enterprise architecture (EA). That’s because data architecture is actually an offshoot of enterprise architecture. In this post: What Is Data Architecture? The Difference Between Data Architecture and Enterprise Architecture The Value of Data Architecture Data Architecture and Data Modeling The Imperative for […]