Data warehousing fundamentals for IT professionals
Cutting-edge content and guidance from a data warehousing expert--now expanded to reflect field trends. Data warehousing has revolutionized the way businesses in a wide variety of industries perform analysis and make strategic decisions. Since the first edition of Data Warehousing Fundamentals, numerous enterprises have implemented data warehouse systems and reaped enormous benefits. Many more are in the process of doing so. Now, this new, revised edition covers the essential fundamentals of data warehousing and business intelligence as well as significant recent trends in the field. The autho
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DATA WAREHOUSING FUNDAMENTALS FOR IT PROFESSIONALS; CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART 1 OVERVIEW AND CONCEPTS; 1 THE COMPELLING NEED FOR DATA WAREHOUSING; 2 DATA WAREHOUSE: THE BUILDING BLOCKS; 3 TRENDS IN DATA WAREHOUSING; PART 2 PLANNING AND REQUIREMENTS; 4 PLANNING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT; 5 DEFINING THE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS; 6 REQUIREMENTS AS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR DATA WAREHOUSING; PART 3 ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE; 7 ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS; 8 INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE FOUNDATION FOR DATA WAREHOUSING; 9 THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE OF METADATA; PART 4 DATA DESIGN AND DATA PREPARATION