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Database Management: Making an Asset of Your Data

by Alena SemeshkoDecember 3, 2008

Robert L. Weiner

Just found a piece from Robert L. Weiner Consulting on the database management. To brush up on your database management strategy, check if you have any of the typical mistakes listed below.

  • Lack of specified data entry policies and procedures, hence no one knowing and applying them.
  • Using Excel as if it were a database (JUST a spreadsheet, okay?)
  • Having no one in charge of data entry/data quality training.
  • Forgetting all about backups, or running them way too seldom.
  • Allowing staff to copy sensitive information onto portable devices and take it home.
  • Insufficient password security measures.
  • Error management? Lack of error management strategies, careless data handling by staff.
  • Keeping your user access rights and security options a mess.

Not about you? Then congratulations, your database management efforts don’t need a fix.

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Alena Semeshko is Technology Evangelist at Apatar / Altoros. On her blog, she covers ETL, EAI, BI, open-source, and all the aspects of data integration. Alena is focused on creating awareness, fostering a better understanding, and keeping her readers well-informed on the emerging problems and data integration practices of the day. She possesses rich intercultural experience, having lived in several countries across the globe, and is studying Korean in her spare time.