Surrogate means a stand-in, a substitute. Surrogate keys take the place of a natural key as the primary key within a database table. Ideally, surrogate keys stand in the shadows and are used in ...

The original intention of surrogate keys across multidimensional database designs was to help optimize joins by keeping all keys, used for joining between facts and dimensions, both numeric and single ...

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Database virtualization claims to break vendor lock-in on data warehouse technology. How applicable is it and how can IT leaders evaluate the technology? Written by eWEEK content and product ...

Database provider DataStax Inc. today introduced new cybersecurity features to help enterprises more effectively protect their business information from hacking attempts. Santa Clara, California-based ...

Brand Keys, a provider of brand loyalty and emotional customer engagement research, is set to release a database of predictive brand loyalty metrics. "After 25 years conducting the Customer Loyalty ...