It’s tempting just to replicate all databases in the cloud, but it’s a much better approach to get your data house in order as part of the move. Last week I discussed database normalization as ...

Many people seem to become filled with anxiety over the word 'normalization.' Mentioning the word causes folks to slowly back away toward the exits. Why? What might have caused this data modeling ...

Normalization clusters data items together based on functional dependencies within the data items. This normalized arrangement expresses the semantics of the business items being presented.