IT 450 Current Development in Database Technology

In order to increase your sensitivity to the recent development in database technology and their possible impact on business management, you are expected to read recently published articles related to database technologys application in business. You should select one or more articles, prepare a one 150-word summary and discussion of the topics impact on IT as well as business enterprises, and present your summary and article(s) to the class. Your project should include: (1) A cover sheet that includes the topic, your name, course title, and date. (2) A 150-word summary plus PowerPoint slides or file you use for presentation and the article you read. (3) Your summary should include a brief discussion of how the current development in database technology you read is connected to the course material. (4) References should be documented appropriately. You may use the following sources but are not limited to: (1) Practitioners sources: Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Business Week, Information Week, Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, CIO Magazine and other journals or magazines. (2) Academic sources including a variety of IT-related journals such as Enterprise Information Systems. (3) Internet

IT 450 Group Business Database Analysis/Design Project Guideline

The requirements of the project are based upon, Wertz, Relational Database Design--A Practitioners Guide, CRC Press, 1992 Table of Contents (required for your project) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Business situations (database requirements) A list of entities A list of relationships ER Diagrams (n versions) Schemas Normalization (first up to fourth normal forms) Table creation and data entry Sample run Project summary