Enterprise-Datenbank - vergessen, oder?Enterprise Database - Forgotten, or not?

With the appearance of the Database Technology the target of an enterprise wide application was joined, respective the integrated management of all relevant data of the enterprise within one database, because on this way a maximal usefulness of the new technology seemed achievable. Several preconditions have been avoided this target ́s achievement. The current self-evident utilization of the database technology is referring predominantly to individual areas or departments of the organizations. But the requirements to support processes and analytics exceeding isolated systems were advancing permanently. Beside the further development of the database technology this led to integration solutions of different levels. They are developed and operated often with large time and effort. The Data Warehouse approach oriented to data consolidation for the purpose of reporting and analytics, but without a possibility to improve the underlying operational processes. The integration technology supports database crossing processes, can speed up these and reduce their cost, but has only limited influence on data quality. The objectives of data quality in connection with the integration technology as they are considered in the Master Data Management get the data consolidation in the focus again, but now, if the realization is consequent, with the requirement to provide the operational systems with improved data. Could this become the Enterprise Database? For it the software industry would need a technology conversion and above all a mindset change.