Webcast Roundup: Metadata and Database Design

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January 07, 2005 Published by  SearchDatabase.com Webcast Alert NEWS     TOPICS     ITKNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE     TIPS     ASK THE EXPERTS     WEBCASTS     WHITE PAPERS     WEBCAST ROUNDUP  Dear SearchDatabase.com member, View these webcasts recently held on SearchDatabase.com: > Using rich metadata to create an intelligent storage environment > Fact-based database design VENDOR WEBCAST Using rich metadata to create an intelligent storage environment  VIEW WEBCAST SPEAKER: William P. Hurley, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group SPONSOR:   Fast Search & Transfer SUMMARY: Despite the adoption of smarter hardware & software technologies, many of today's enterprise environments remain informationally unintelligent due to an inherent absence of a common rich metadata-based abstraction layer. Database Administrators are faced with compliance obligations which are driving more comprehensive standards for all forms of storage, retention, and reuse. Key to achieving these standards is a common way to access information where it resides, without having to physically alter its state or location. The most effective way to intelligently understand diverse and distributed information stores is to use rich metadata to abstract information into a common "virtual" representation. This common layer provides uniform accessibility for front-end applications and provide's end-user with real-time access to any and all information from across the enterprise. This webcast discusses the use and benefits of enterprise search technology and highlights the business case for using search to achieve compliance obligations while improving operational efficiency. EXPERT WEBCAST Fact-based database design  VIEW WEBCAST SPEAKER: Dr. Terry Halpin, Professor and Vice President, Northface University SPONSOR:   SearchDatabase Whitepaper Library SUMMARY: While traditional database design approaches such as ER and UML have value, their attribute-based nature and weak graphical support for business rules makes them less than ideal when capturing, validating, and evolving the data model. This presentation explains how Object-Role Modeling (ORM) may be used to model the data at a higher-level, thus facilitating communication with the domain expert, and enabling a wider range of business rules to be visualized and verbalized. Such fact-based models may then be used to generate models in the other notations or to generate the DDL code directly. Join us in this webcast as one of the world's leading modeling experts describes how to effectively use ORM to design robust and flexible databases for your enterprise. VIEW WEBCASTS  Get informed. Check out all our available webcasts to get the information you need to make the right IT Business decisions from leading industry experts and vendors. > View all Webcasts   FREE E-MAIL SERVICES!     Enter your e-mail and start receiving Today's News.     E-mail:     Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription.   A B O U T   T H I S   A L E R T Contact us: SearchDatabase Member Services 117 Kendrick Street, Suite 800 Needham, MA 02494 This e-newsletter is published by SearchDatabase.com, a targeted Web site from TechTarget, the most targeted IT media and events company. TechTarget offers magazines, Web sites, e-newsletters, Webcasts and conferences for enterprise IT professionals. Copyright 2005 TechTarget. All rights reserved. To unsubscribe from "Webcast Alert": Go to unsubscribe: http://searchDatabase.techtarget.com/unsubscribe?cid=500927&lid=430857&track=NL-97&ad=500927 Please note, unsubscribe requests may take up to 24 hours to process; you may receive additional mailings during that time. A confirmation e-mail will be sent when your request has been successfully processed.