Trident University
Rondia Riles
Module 1 Case Assignment
ITM 540: Database and Knowledge-Base Management
Dr. Ying Liu
August 16, 2013
Introduction Information and data have become the cornerstone of business enterprises today. Financial services organizations rely on important trade and market data, retail business rely on consumer and market data, and military organizations are concerned with classified and national security-sensitive data. As these organizations continue spend more time, effort, and money into the management of this data, data base management systems are gaining more attention in Information Technology Enterprise. This paper will discuss the advantages of using an Object Database Management System (ODBMS) as opposed to the older a less flexible Relational Based Data Management Systems.
Overview of Object Oriented Database Management Systems
The 1990s saw the emergence of ODBMS as the dominant data modeling application software. It began in the 1960s and continued during the 1980s as technologists were searching for a more flexible and capable way of dealing with data that fundamentally changed the way applications were being designed. Object technology depicted data in terms of “classes” instead of representing it in the strict table format of relational databases. A class is defined as the structure and code provided by the programmer. It includes a description of the type of data, how it is stored, and its code. However,
Data objects can model relational data or advanced data types such as graphics, movies, and audio. Smalltalk, C++, Java, and others are objects used in object-oriented data. The object-relational is a combination of relational and object-oriented databases. Traditional and advanced data types can be used to construct database management systems. These systems can connect to a company’s website and update records as needed. Database Approach The main purpose of a database is data storage that can be stored and retrieved when needed. A popular common language called structured query language (SQL) is used to store and retrieve data in relational database. This language enables the systems to run a report or modify data or remove the data from the database. A database management system (DBMS) controls all aspects of a database, this is not limited to the creation, maintenance, and use of database. The DBMS ensures proper applications are able to access the database. An important purpose of a DBMS is to maintain the data definitions (data dictionary) for all the data elements in the database. It also enforces data integrity and security measures. Data Models Data models provide a contextual framework and graphical representation that aid in the definition of data elements. In a relational database, the data model lays the foundation for the database and identifies important entities,
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At this stage, the specifics of the scope and the general content of the project has been identified and is the first step in database development. It illustrates the overall picture of organizational data at a high level of abstraction. In addition,
A database administration framework (DBMS) is a PC programming application that connects with the client, different applications, and the database itself to catch and dissect information. A universally useful DBMS is intended to permit the definition, creation, questioning, upgrade, and organization of databases.
Databases today are essential to every business. Whenever you visit a major Web site – Google, Yahoo!, Amazon.com, or thousands of smaller sites that provide information – there is a database behind the scenes serving up the information you request (Hector, Ullman, & Widom 2008). Database systems are becoming as common in the workplace as the essential one that it can easily be searched, categorized and recalled in different means that can be easily read and understood by the end user.
The world has become a very complex place. From the earliest days of computers, storing and manipulating the data have been a major application focus. There has been enormous growth in the computer and database applications over the past two decades. Database is a group of data which consists of tables, schema, reports and views. Database may be of any size and complexity. For example, a salesperson may maintain a small database of customer contacts which consists of few megabytes in his or her computer. A large
A Database Management System or (DBMS) is an essential tool for any organization or company in today’s modern world. A DBMS is “a group of programs that manipulate the database and provide an interface between the database and its users and other application programs” (Stair & Reynolds, 2011, p. 189). So in choosing the right DBMS there are many factoring issues with choosing the right one for the company or organization. When choosing a DBMS one has to think about how the system will ultimately help the company or organization with day to day processes and the goals of the company or organization.
Object Relational Mapping (ORM) is a programming technique for converting data between incompatible types in object oriented programming languages. ORM can be considered as a mechanism that helps and aids in addressing, accessing and manipulating data without having to necessarily consider the relationship between the data and the data source. Programmers can maintain a constant view of objects over time and can adapt to application access or data delivery changes while using ORM. ORM manages the mapping properties amongst a set of objects that have underlying relational databases, repositories or other sources of data that simultaneously hide constant details that have been changed in related interfaces from the developers and the code they create. ORM makes it theoretically possible for developers to switch applications between relational databases. Since ORM tools mostly rely heavily on metadata of both the database and objects, the objects do not need to know anything about the database and the database doesn’t need to know anything about how the data is structured in the application. ORM provides a clean well designed data application.
Database plays a major role in any organization. As a Database administrator(DBA) he/she is responsible in developing, implementing and maintaining the databases and DBA 's are also responsible in updating, backup 's and security of the databases. The first Database Management System was developed in the late 1960 's by two firms based on their network data model but in the early 1970’s a scientist of IBM introduced Relational database theory after six years IBM completed prototype on RDBMS (relational database management system). Oracle created the first versatile Relational Database Management Systems In 1983, which allowed organizations to use their DBMS on different machines including mainframes, workstations, and Pc 's. In 1993 Microsoft first created a database application called Access for Macintosh machines. Microsoft SQL server is a RDBMS which is used to store and retrieve the data by other software applications. There are 12 types of servers concentrated on various types of user 's from single computer to large networks (Microsoft SQL DBA).
Course Description This course covers database concepts. Topics include data analysis, the principal data models with emphasis on the relational model, entity-relationship diagrams, database design, normalization, and database administration. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. Instructor policies: This
An enterprise data model presents an abstraction of a more complicated real-world event or object. Generally, a data is graphical simple representation, of an interconnected real organization’s data structures. The main function of the data model is to help in understanding the complexities of a particular organization. A data model within a database environment brings out the data structures, their transformations, constraints, relations, and characteristics, thus providing a blueprint of
Since 1960 and beyond the need for an efficient data management and retrieval of data has always been an issue due to the growing need in business and academia. To resolve these issues a number of databases models have been created. Relational databases allow data storage, retrieval and manipulation using a standard Structured Query Language (SQL). Until now, relational databases were an optimal enterprise storage choice. However, with an increase in growth of stored and analyzed data, relational databases have displayed a variety of limitations. The limitations of scalability, storage and efficiency of queries due to the large volumes of data [1] [2].
Oracle provides a flexible RDBMS called Oracle7. Using its features, you can store and manage data with all the advantages of a relational structure plus PL/SQL, an engine that provides you with the ability to store and execute program units. The server offers the options of retrieving data based on optimization techniques. It includes security features that control how a database is accessed and used. Other features include consistency and protection of data through locking mechanisms.
This paper will compare and contrast five different database management systems on six criteria. The database management systems (DBMS) that will be discussed are SQL Server 2000, Access, MySQL, DB2, and Oracle. The criteria that will be compared are the systems’ functionality, the requirements that must be met to run the DBMS, the expansion capabilities – if it is able to expand to handle more data over time, the types of companies that typically use each one, the normal usage of the DBMS, and the costs associated with implementing the DBMS.
As computers grew in speed and capability the same had to be with information storage. In the 1960s, the term database management was coined in to existence. That’s when two standards emerged, the hierarchical model was by IBM’s Information Management System and the other was the Network model by Charles Bachman IDS (Integrated Data Store). With the introduction of these two models indicated how serious business data was becoming to the world.