Database Design and Development: An Essential Guide for IT Professionals

✍ Scribed by Paulraj Ponniah(auth.)

• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 746
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The first and only database primer for today's global economy

Today's businesses depend on their databases to provide information essential for their day-to-day operations and to help them take advantage of today's rapidly growing and maturing electronic commerce opportunities. The primary responsibility for the design and maintenance of these databases rests with a company's information technology department.

Unlike other IT resources currently available that tend to focus on a particular product, Database Design and Development: An Essential Guide for IT Professionals was created to give today's IT directors and other IT staff a solid basic knowledge of database design and development to help them make educated decisions about the right database environment for their companies. Today's IT professionals must understand the fundamentals in order to determine their next steps for specializing in the vast field of database technology.

Database Design and Development: An Essential Guide for IT Professionals answers such common questions as:

• What is the purpose of a database system?
• What are the components of a database system?
• What type of data does your company need to capture?
• How do you design a database for a particular goal?
• How do you capture information through data modeling?
• How do you determine which database will best meet your business objectives?
• What's involved in effective database management and maintenance?
• How are database systems used to interface with the Internet?

With more than twenty-five years of experience teaching IT courses and designing databases for some of America's top institutions, the author has succeeded in creating an essential resource for today's IT managers as well as for students planning a career in information technology.Content:
Chapter 1 The Database Approach (pages 1–35):
Chapter 2 Overview of Major Components (pages 36–66):
Chapter 3 Significance of the Database Environment (pages 67–92):
Chapter 4 Database Development Life Cycle (pages 93–140):
Chapter 5 Data Modeling Basics (pages 141–166):
Chapter 6 Object?Based Data Model: Principles and Components (pages 167–205):
Chapter 7 Entity?Relationship Data Model (pages 206–235):
Chapter 8 Relational Data Model Fundamentals (pages 237–272):
Chapter 9 Semantic Data Model to Relational Data Model (pages 273–302):
Chapter 10 Data Normalization Method (pages 303–329):
Chapter 11 Completing the Logical Design (pages 331–350):
Chapter 12 The Physical Design Process (pages 351–384):
Chapter 13 Special Implementation Considerations (pages 385–421):
Chapter 14 Overview of Administration Functions (pages 423–445):
Chapter 15 Data Integrity (pages 446–494):
Chapter 16 Database Security (pages 495–524):
Chapter 17 Ongoing Maintenance and Growth (pages 525–549):
Chapter 18 Distributed Database Systems (pages 551–597):
Chapter 19 Database Systems and the Web (pages 598–635):
Chapter 20 Trends in Database Technology (pages 636–684):