Welcome, and thank-you for visiting our site.  We have a variety of information here, and many of the different affiliations that I'm involved with or are part of.  Don't forget to visit my bio.   Find out what a Data Vault is by reading about it.  I am proud to host a blog for Bill Inmon on B-Eye-Network.com.  “The Data Vault is the optimal choice for modeling the EDW in the DW 2.0 framework.”, Bill Inmon, June 2007

Data Vault Book is now available, buy it here!

The Data Vault data modeling architecture brings with it new advancements to the data modeling world.  It stands on the shoulders of well-established giants (3rd normal form and Star Schema).  It utilizes a hybrid approach, best of breed modeling concepts to accommodate real-time data, very large historical data, business metadata, and current images of data across the enterprise.  Log in to the Data Vault Forums (FREE) to ask questions, view standards, and talk to customers.

Check out our World-Class Data Vault Certification Training, or maybe take a peek at our Data Vault generation tools.

The patent-pending status has been DROPPED, the patent has been denied as of January 2005. The Data Vault architecture is FREE and PUBLIC DOMAIN. 

• RapidACE
  Rapid Architectural Consolidation Engine, Push-Button Architecture, Automatically generate your common data models, enterprise data warehouses, staging areas, master data models, star schemas, and exploration marts.  GENERATE your Data Vault Models in minutes!!
   
• Genesee Academy
  Data Vault Training & Certification, RapidACE Training & Certification, Informatica Training (Built by Dan Linstedt) - get training from experts like Bill Inmon, Hans Hultgren, Dan Linstedt, and Claudia Imhoff.

If you're interested in the business aspects of architectural decisions, you may be interested in:

• Better Data Model
  Business impacts and implications of architectural choices, come see the discussions and blog on architectural choices like DW2.0, unstructured data, agile methodologies.  Find out how architecture impacts business, and how business impacts architecture - moreover, learn how to minimize those impacts and save time and money.  We also discuss new concepts like Universal Data Vaults.

If you're interested in Informatica Technical Forums, sign up and register for my hosted discussion group:

• Informatica Technical Forums (ETL Forums)
  Free forum based discussions on performance and tuning, new features, grid, Real-Time, web-services, and metadata.  When asked, we also discuss Microsoft SSIS, Business Objects Data Integrator, and IBM Ascential, we will be adding Pentaho (KETTLE) to our list of discussion topics as well.

If you'd like information about a Masters of Science in Business Intelligence, you might want to see:

• COBICC
  Colorado Business Intelligence Community Connection, Daniels College of Business, Denver University, where we have Claudia Imhoff, Bill Inmon, Kent Graziano, Tammy Henderson, Shawn Rogers, Hans Hultgren, Dan Linstedt, Lowell Fryman, Karolyn Hepp, Chuck Wolter and Maureen Clarry on the Academic Advisory Board.  Come get your Masters today in Business Intelligence! Unique MS-BI program within a school of business.