Organizing Business Data

• Companies, universities, government agencies, etc. have many database applications in common

  • Employee records
  • Payroll records
  • Customers/clients/students records
  • Products/services listings
  • …

• Databases, as described thus far, are completely adequate for representing and managing this data

• Database changes can be controlled

  • Changes can be made by “authorized” employees
  • Changes can be made periodically, in batches

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