Rational Data
Logistics
In order to gather
or assemble data one needs a rational data logistics - logical steps to
gather meaningful data to run a business, to manage a government or to
research scientific facts or to explore space or to navigate the
internet.
In this modern time there
is no business and service which can run without assembling meaningful
data from keeping the inventory, sales, registration, customer records,
providing receipts, invoices and generating reports of the overall or
specific business transactions. So much done with the data
management and data processing from A to Z world wide. This is actually
boosting the economy not only of developed countries but also countries
underdeveloped. It is making globalization fast and rapid.
In the early days of
digital data gatherings were done and still being done in a flat file
storage system such as text file. Such digital filing system has
very little rational data logistics in its design and development.
At this juncture the
digital world have so many software developed with sophisticated
programming designs to manage the data for the business, governments,
industries, research, etc. Most of the sales and marketing business have
their own custom build systems to run the business.
However the data gathering
rational logistics at this point is called database system. It is based on
the rational logistics of data relations in process of the gathering and
it thus called the Relational Database system. It's fundamental
language is called Structured Query Language which in short is SQL.
The
most successful and actively data gathering RDBS or Relational Database
System are developed by Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server. Most probably
Oracle has big bulk of huge market sharing. Sybase has taken also a lot of
market and now MS SQL Server is heading fast in the market from small
business, e-commerce to bank and large corporations.
SQL
Server has the most friendly administrative, design and development environment
on the Windows family servers and desktops. I am a fan of SQL Server
Relational Database System.
I am more of a data
manager than a database administrator. I gather data from different
sources and platforms to assemble a data warehouse for the purpose of data
analysis and reporting.
This is what I do in
Manhattan these days as an independent contractor and I wish to get more
jobs in this field soon. The tools I use mostly SQL Server, Access and
Excel for data analysis and reporting.
Transact-SQL is the
language of SQL Server and with it one can do tremendous things with the
data retrieving, manipulating, updating, migrating and storing -
transaction reporting and warehousing!

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