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KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC provides consulting services, on-site and public education on how to design, develop and implement "non-invasive" Data Governance and Data Stewardship programs.  For more information, please visit http://www.kikconsulting.com or contact Mr. Seiner at rseiner@kikconsulting.com.

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DEAR TDAN.COM READERS

May 1, 2007 - On April 1, The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC - www.TDAN.com & Publisher, Robert S. Seiner, proudly  announced the FORTIETH issue (40.0) dating back to June 1997.  Over the past (almost) ten years, the publication has grown to become one of the most recognized and noted sources of information for data management professionals.  Thank you for your continued interest in the publication.

This issue is packed with new content focused on best practices and experiences of data management practitioners written specifically for data practitioners.  Included in this issue are a dozen new Articles, new Feature Columns, new Special Features, new Book and Conference listings, plus a lot more.

The July 1 issue of The Data Administration Newsletter will be the 10th Anniversary Issue.  With the Anniversary issue, the strategic agreement with the Business Intelligence Network (B-Eye Network) will begin to add value to these pages.  Look for information to be provided as to how this will benefit the readers of TDAN.com.  I am EXTREMELY EXCITED about the future of TDAN.com and I hope that readers also feel the same way.

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A FEW QUICK NOTES:
The 10th Anniversary Issue of TDAN.com will be announced on July 1.  If you are interested in publishing an article in this milestone issue, please send an article to the publisher as soon as possible.  Slots are filling up for this issue which will be widely publicized and promoted.

Please plan to dial into the Meta-Data Professional Organization (MPO) teleconference call on May 17 - The Role of Meta-Data in a Successful Data Governance Program - facilitated by Robert S. Seiner.  For more details, please visit http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mpo_discuss/ for information that will be posted soon.

Also plan to attend the 2nd Data Governance Conference in San Francisco, California from June 25 to 28.  The first conference last December in Orlando attracted established practitioners from a variety of industries, specialists, intriguing keynotes, and resulted in tremendous amounts of knowledge sharing.  The June event should prove to be even better.  Please visit http://www.dg-conference.com for more information.
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Included in this issue of TDAN.com:

NEW ARTICLES
The dozen new articles in this issue include ...

-- Seiner - Beginning with a Data Governance Best Practice Assessment
-- Gorman - The Road to a Well-Ordered Enterprise is Through Metadata Management
-- Finkelstein - Introduction to Enterprise Architecture
-- Streitberger - Business Analysis: A Guide to Aligning IT & Business Strategy
-- Inmon - Textual Analytics: Business Intelligence From a Textual Foundation
-- Masanga & Ward - A BPM-Driven Approach to Business Rules
-- Zornes - “Pick Your Partners”:  Evaluation Criteria for CDI-MDM Systems Integrators
-- Friedland - Considerations for Managing Risk in a Post-SOX Environment
-- Simsion - Thought Leaders on Data Modeling
-- Scofield - Introduction to Geospatial Data Management
-- O'Neil - Semantics and Business Meta-Data
-- Ladley - Selling and Sustaining An Effective Governance Function

FEATURE COLUMNS
This issue welcomes back FEATURE COLUMNS from ...

-- Hoberman - The Data Modeling Addict
-- Loshin - New Way of Thinking - Coming Soon!
-- Mullins - The Database Report
-- Canter - The Small Business Market
-- Dominko - Unwired Tap
-- DAMA - The DAMA Corner

If you are interested in writing a column for TDAN.com, please let the Publisher know by clicking here.

ARTICLE ARCHIVE & SEARCH ENGINE
All articles from all previous issues of TDAN.com are posted, by issue, in the ARTICLE ARCHIVE.

SPECIAL FEATURES
The Special Features section of TDAN.com contains a three new features and several recent ones:

-- Enterprise Architecture - Issues, Inhibitors, and Incentives  - By John Zachman
-- Eye On TDWI – Las Vegas - February 2007 - Written by Tim Feetham 
-- 2006 Wilshire Award Winner Q&A - Interview with Ron Klein & Wayne Harrison of Bank of Montreal 

BOOK CENTER
The BOOK CENTER is packed with over 350 books listed including several new books added for this issue.

COMPANY & PRODUCT CENTER
Several categories, companies and their products updated for the COMPANY & PRODUCT CENTER.

CONFERENCE CENTER
The CONFERENCE CENTER was updated and now has events throughout 2007 and into 2008.

BUSINESS & DATA RESOURCES
The BUSINESS AND DATA RESOURCES SECTION contains more than 100 lists of links to data-related subjects.

ON-LINE ARTICLES
The ON-LINE ARTICLES SECTION includes links to new recommended articles from other on-line publications.

PUBLISHER'S PERSPECTIVE
The PUBLISHER'S PERSPECTIVE section of TDAN.com provides interesting perspectives.

CONFERENCE MEDIA SPONSORSHIPS
TDAN.com proudly associates itself with many of the industries top conferences.

-- May 13-18, 2007 - The Data Warehousing Institute World Conference, Boston, MA -- http://www.tdwi.org
-- June 25-28, 2007 - Data Governance Conference, San Francisco, CA -- http://www.dg-conference.com
-- August 19-24, 2007 - The Data Warehousing Institute World Conference, San Diego, CA
-- November 17-19, 2007 - The CDI-MDM Summit Fall 2007, New York City, NY -- http://www.tcdii.com
-- October 28-November 2, 2007 - The Data Warehousing Institute World Conference, Orlando, FL

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Thank you very much for your continued interest and support of The Data Administration Newsletter.  If you are interested in publishing an article in the July 1, 2007 issue of TDAN.com (The 10th Anniversary Issue), please let me know as soon as possible. The deadline for the July issue is June 1 and I am expecting to be bombarded with articles.  Please send your articles soon.  I hope to hear from you.

Comments on the new issue of TDAN.com are always welcome.  Have a great month.

Robert S. Seiner
President & Principal - KIK Consulting & Educational Services, LLC - www.KIKconsulting.com
Publisher - The Data Administration Newsletter, LLC  - www.TDAN.com


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