Normalization is one of the corner-stones of database design. Recently some discussion emerged on the need for normalization suggesting denormalization as a more scalable solution.

Normalization clusters data items together based on functional dependencies within the data items. This normalized arrangement expresses the semantics of the business items being presented.

Increasingly we are hearing market professionals talk about “normalization.” Usually they are referring to interest rates on government securities, which have been anything but normal over the ...