Data Warehouse : Practical Advice from the Experts / Edition 1

Data Warehouse : Practical Advice from the Experts / Edition 1

by Joyce Bischoff, Ted Alexander
     
 

A practical handbook for the Data Warehouse that is designed to prepare people to progress toward providing any data anywhere, anytime. Data Warehouse: Practical Advice from the Experts will help technical managers, project managers, and members of data warehouse project teams in all aspects of planning, designing, developing, implementing, and administering aSee more details below

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A practical handbook for the Data Warehouse that is designed to prepare people to progress toward providing any data anywhere, anytime. Data Warehouse: Practical Advice from the Experts will help technical managers, project managers, and members of data warehouse project teams in all aspects of planning, designing, developing, implementing, and administering a data warehouse. It is a practical book based on real-world experiences in building hundreds of data warehouses since each chapter is written by an internationally recognized authority in that particular field. An essential handbook for Technical Managers, Project Managers, Technical Personnel, Data Warehouse Project Teams, and end-users who want to provide access to the wealth of corporate data that has remained unavailable to those who need it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:
9780135773703
Publisher:
Pearson
Publication date:
04/17/1997
Pages:
428
Product dimensions:
7.24(w) x 9.48(h) x 1.02(d)

Table of Contents

Trademarks
Foreword
Preface
1Introduction to Data Warehousing4
2A Renaissance for Information Technology16
3Organizational and Cultural Issues30
4Working Effectively with end Users47
5The Seven Deadly Sins57
6Real-World Data Warehousing: The Management Challenge71
7A Technical Architecture for Data Warehousing84
8Creating a Business Case91
9A Flexible Approach to Developing a Data Warehouse100
10Data Quality122
11Metadata135
12The Role of a Directory/Catalog151
13Data Transformation160
14Physical Design177
15Multidimensional Olap Versus Relational Olap199
16Data Replication in a Global Warehousing Environment206
17VLDBS and Parallelism226
18Implementing a Warehouse in a Multiserver Environment Using Parallel Technology238
19Middleware: Gluing the Warehouse Together252
20Design Reviews for the Data Warehouse274
21The Virtual Data Warehouse286
22Operational Data Stores: Developing an Effective Strategy296
23Data Mining309
24Systems Administration325
25Database Administration Issues in a Heterogeneous Environment338
26Security in the Data Warehouse350
27Selecting End-User Tools364
28Trends in Data Warehousing384
Glossary402
Author Profiles414
Index422

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