Microsoft has made a promised public preview of its Common Data Model (CDM) entity database available to testers. CDM is at the heart of the coming Microsoft Dynamics 365 bundle.

Physical data model: This layer defines how the logical model will be applied to the actual data set. Using this layer, IT teams create the real database structure, as well as the hardware and ...

Data Modeling for the Modern WorldA new world of self-service BI brings with it its own issue of data chaos. When everyone is looking at the data their own way, people find different answers to the ...

One of the most important steps in desiging a database is establishing the data model. Part one of a two-part article describes how to create a logical model.

The most popular database model format is relational, which stores data in fixed-format records and organizes it into tables with rows and columns. The most basic data model has two components ...

When databases are built from a well-designed data model, the resulting structures provide increased value to the organization. The value derived from the data model exhibits itself in the form of ...

This approach features a centralized database linked to other data stores with a common data model that carries information from one point to another, without the need to rewrite code.

Relational data modeling is fine as long as data is being stored in a relational database, but otherwise it has no particular use. And XML cannot credibly be called a modeling language.

Model & Database Comparison: This tool automates and compares bidirectional synchronization of models, scripts and databases. It then displays differences, if any.