CIO Wisdom II: More Best Practices

Is Structured Data Management a Solved Problem?

Many practitioners in, and observers of, the data management space espouse that “structured data management” is a solved problem. That is to say, most companies have been successful in deploying data warehouses and data marts that enable them to better understand and manage their businesses.

This stands in stark contrast to not-too-many years ago when industry publications and analysts were consistently reporting the failure of small- and large-scale data warehouse projects. It's conceivable that data warehouse practitioners got dramatically better at defining requirements and designing better solutions, but it's more likely that:

• The infrastructural elements (the processors, storage, database management ...