July 2007 I had a first aquantaince with Dan Linstedt - via LinkedIn.
I worked for a large government organisation as the architect for Data
Warehousing and Business Intelligence. I seriously considered Data
Vault as the standard methodology for the Enterprise Data Warehouse. I
worked for over 2 years for this govenment organisation and my choice
for the Data Vault is still a very good one.

November 2007 I got
Dan Linstedt to the Netherlands and got the first 27 peeps trained and
certified of that same government organisation. I had dozens of
discussions with architects, management, developers, etc...but in the
end the consensus on choosing Data Vault was huge.

Since november
2007 Data Vault sky rocketed in the Netherlands. Together with the
Genesee Academy and DNV I think we certified over 200 people and I dare
to say that most new EDW projects nowadays in the Netherlands have
chosen Data Vault as the prime methodology.

Before I get
criticised for sanctifying one methodology despite the various (non)
functional requirements; I do believe that ANY architecture needs to be
in line with the business-, application- and technical architecture. So
choosing one methodology on forehand is just plain wrong. There has to
be sound justification and alignment for any choice in your
architecture. Whether it's a tool, a methodology or whatever.

Since
2 years we (Genesee Academy, me, DNV) certified over 200 people - most
of them extremely seasoned and respected experts in our field. On
average these consultants are very critical on any new 'trick in the
book'. I dare to say that most of the experts that were certified were
convinced that Data Vault has got extreme value and potential. The
proof of the pudding is in the eating; Data Vault got many
implementations in the Netherlands the last two years and it's growing
fast.

I am confident that Data Vault in the years to come will hit Europe as hard as it has hit the Netherlands.

But
I wonder......I and am still baffled by it. The attention for Data
Vault in the United States is extremely limited, why is that? Even a
respected institute as TWDI is not paying much attention. Why? Experts
in the field do not mention Data Vault what so ever. I just don't get
it. Can anybody enlighten me?

For those of you not familiar with Data Vault --> read my articles.