In the world of business, the flows of money are so large as to be difficult to comprehend, with many businesses now generating billions of dollars of cash flow each year. Some of these businesses were started with less than a thousand dollars. Only a few of us can become billionaires, even though millions of people try to make the leap. Why do some people succeed where so many others fail?

Companies of every possible size keep their vital information on computer databases. They range from the small home business databases of just a few GB to the vast multiple databases of several thousands of TB that are utilized by the major global corporations.