Designing a Total Data Solution

Section III: Data Access

ENTERPRISE METHODS OF DATA ACCESS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. A competitive edge is often based on the availability of reliable information at a moment’s notice. The CIO is the final decision-maker for most of the standards for data availability and the methods to access data. Faced with that responsibility, the reality by data management staff is that more and more enterprise workers rely on the instant availability of accurate information within the structure of the enterprise’s databases to perform daily activities.

Today’s CIO and the associated data management staff are increasingly concerned about where the electronic information is stored and how readily enterprise knowledge workers gain ...