Can software development be accelerated and materially reduce refactoring of in-production modules by giving data modelling a more prominent position in the Agile software development environment?

Unified data modeling supports features like document schema of NoSQL databases and reverse engineering of data from an existing database. It also supports visual refactoring of existing databases.

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.

In Key Value data stores, data is represented as a collection of key–value pairs. InfoQ spoke with Casey Rosenthal from Basho team about data modeling when using Key Value NoSQL databases.

Alternatively, if a solution is being built internally, an existing canonical data model can be a valuable jump-start to the process of building a physical database design covering one or more areas ...

Most projects benefit from having a data model. Read this article for an overview of the most common types.

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.

On the morning of August 21, Dameng Data's Vice General Manager, Fu Xin, delivered a keynote speech titled "Intelligent Multi ...

Storing data in multi-model database wards off this problem. As a modern management system, multi-model databases offer an elegant solution to managing diverse and unstructured data.

Data models are used to represent real-world entities, but often have limitations. Avoid common data modeling mistakes for data integrity.