Discussion Question 1:
Use the Internet to review at least two news articles or publications about current and future trends in the use of relational databases. Be prepared to discuss.
Relational Databases
Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, assess the advantages and disadvantages of the continued use of the traditional relational database and then decide if businesses should be moving toward relational databases in the cloud. Justify your decision and provide specific examples to support your response.
Determine whether a company has an ethical obligation to share with external clients that key information about them is being stored in the cloud. Speculate how external clients would react if they were told in advance or it was kept from them and they found out another way.
Discussion 2:
The REA Data Model
Please respond to the following:
Suggest what E-R diagrams reveal about business activities and policies of the organization being modeled and how they can be used to redesign a business process. Be sure to provide specific examples to support your response.
In addition, make five recommendations for creating useful E-R diagrams. Rank them in level of importance and then justify your ranking.