John Goodson is a JDBC Expert Panel Member and VP of Research and Development at DataDirect Technologies. Check out his Tech Talk on TheServerSide.com, where he discusses Database Access Technologies.

In today’s data-driven economy, agility and intelligence are no longer optional—they are the foundation of competitive ...

You, as a decision maker or implementer, are frequently bombarded with the message that the data in your organization is its lifeblood. In the modern digital age, that data has immense value to your ...

Today, nobody argues about the importance of data. It is a given that data must be collected, managed, and analyzed to conduct business successfully in the modern era. But all too often the meaning of ...

Ensuring data quality is an important aspect of data management and these days. DBAs are increasingly being called upon to deal with the quality of the data in their database systems more than ever ...

Sometimes metadata is intentionally removed to protect exposure of sensitive details including names, comments, and revision ...

Unified metadata models are emerging as a cornerstone in the changing landscape of data management, highlighting the critical need for integrated frameworks that ensure data accessibility, security ...