The Concept of Normalization
Suppose we have a piece of software in our enterprise called Enterprise Server Manager that manages all the computers. The Enterprise Server Manager (ESM) has information about what computers we have, the operating system they run on, the version of the operating system, and so on.
Now, each server works for one or more teams. The respective teams have all the authority on these servers, along with being responsible for them. Imagine that you want the heads of the teams tagged as the owners of the servers. The server entries should contain the employee IDs, the names, the designations, and the department names of these owners. Here is an example:
The preceding table has all the information we need and the data looks consistent for now, right? Jon Doe's information is being repeated, though. Is that an issue?
Imagine that Jon Doe leaves the organization and Jim Doe replaces him. Now, imagine...