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 a best ...

Denormalization helps to address a fundamental fact in databases: slow read and join operations. Imagine a fruit seller has two daily lists: one of in-stock fruit and another with the market prices of ...

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 ...