Webinar – Mastering Master Data Management

WEBINAR Five Steps to Mastering Master Data Management Data and metadata are growing at exponential rates, yet strategies to properly address and manage the data have fallen short, leading to systems that are inadequate with siloed and redundant data. This has left many organizations to make critical mistakes and fall short on expected ROI for building enterprise metadata repositories. However, many of these mistakes are avoidable. Embarcadero is pleased to announce Five Steps to Mastering Master Data Management, a live one hour webinar featuring guest presenter Ron Lewis, Senior Security Analyst with CDO Technologies. Learn how a solid metadata repository can support data governance and increase the effectiveness of master data use. In this webinar, you’ll learn: How to approach defining the objectives of a enterprise metadata repository 5 steps to building a successful metadata repository Deciding what tools to design, build and manage a metadata repository How a properly constructed metadata repository addresses the key master data management challenges of: Ensuring that master data management initiatives are perceived as “enterprise wide” Implementing and enforcing data governance Increase the effectiveness of master data use to enhance profitability About the Presenter Ron Lewis is an expert systems analyst in database and application security for CDO Technologies, a systems integrator that delivers technology-based solutions to government agencies and customers in the private sector. He has worked in the government and commercial security arena for more than 15 years identifying and providing guidance for remediating application vulnerabilities. Ron is considered an industry authority, having authored numerous articles on hardening applications and the hacker mindset. He is also actively involved in industry organizations and efforts such as the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) and the Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG). Don’t miss this live event! Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Time: 11:00 AM PST/ 2:00 PM EST Duration: 1 hour Have a question? Give us a call 1-888-233-2224 or contact sales

Hello World! There is an ER/Studio Blog…

“Hello World!”

Sound familiar?  Kinda like the first program you wrote way back in the day?

Well, I’m taking the leap and starting a blog.  So, let me starting with a disclaimer:  The opinions expressed in this blog are mine and mine only.  They do not represent or reflect those of my employer Embarcadero Technologies, a database tools and developer software company.  Feel free to link to any blog post you find helpful/interesting/informative, leave a comment or subscribe to the feeds.  I’ll update the content as much as I can.

So, what would I like to discuss?  Well, of course the wonderful products I manage, namely, ER/Studio, EA/Studio, Portal and Repository.  ER/Studio Enterprise, being the keystone of the product line, which data modelers/data architects use discover and document unknown database, capture business rules surrounding the data, and document the data about the data, will probably garner the most posts, but I’ll try to be fair to the other products.  They have a ton of goodness in them as well.

I’d like to cover everything from tips and tricks, hidden features, general usage and best practices surrounding the products to more general topics such as modeling practices, data architecture, metadata, data governance, etc.  If you have any suggestions please let me know.  This is a journey and it’s always nice to have friends along for the ride.

Stay tuned…