DSS News
D. J. Power, Editor
November 21, 2010 -- Vol. 11, No. 23
A Free Bi-Weekly Publication of DSSResources.COM
approximately 2,100 subscribers
In memory of my father, LaVern Joseph Power,
May 2, 1921 - November 20, 2010. Rest in Peace.
In this issue:
1) What is a database?
2) DSS Conferences/Call for Papers
3) Recent DSS News Headlines
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1) What is a database?
by Dan Power
Editor, DSSResources.com
Database is a familiar term to most people. While some people have an
intuitive understanding of the term, many would have difficulty
explaining the meaning of the term and explaining the concept of
a database. At one time "data base" was two words used to describe
a place for storing data. Over the past 25 years, the single word
"database" has become commonly used to refer to computerized software
for storing and retrieving data. The actual database is an organized
collection of data. One hopes the stored data is logically related,
relevant to the purpose and accurate.
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2) DSS Conferences/Call for Papers
1. BI Congress II sponsored by AIS SIG DSS, St Louis, MO,
Dec. 11 and 12, 2010, join academic professionals
and industry representatives.
Check http://www2.commerce.virginia.edu/bicongress/
2. Call for papers: Journal of Decision Systems (JDS) special
issue on “Decision Making in Web 2.0 and Social Media
Environments”, due January 15, 2011.
Check http://dssresources.com/news/3111.php
3. Call for papers: ICDSS 2011 - International Conference on
DSS, June 6-7, 2011, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, due
February 1, 2011. Check http://dssresources.com/news/3154.php
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3) Recent DSS News Headlines
11/19/2010 Teradata partners with RainStor for big data retention
and retrieval at a low cost.
11/19/2010 Made in IBM labs: New architecture can double analytics
processing speed.
11/17/2010 Microsoft Lync arrives and brings communications to
new heights.
11/16/2010 Next Analytics offers Excel users complete social media
and Google Analytics integration.
11/12/2010 IBM and European partners to pioneer new storage cloud
architecture
11/11/2010 IBM completes acquisition of Netezza.
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