Data Warehouse: Practical Advice from the Experts

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Features

• Each chapter is written by an internationally recognized authority in that particular field. Pg.___

• The first book to assemble so many experts on data warehousing. Pg.___

• A practical book based on real-world experiences in building hundreds of data warehouses rather than a purely theoretical approach. Pg.___

• Provides practical, hands-on advice on building an effective data warehouse. Pg.___

• Features 20 contributing authors:

  • Sid Adelman (Sid Adelman & Associates); Peter Brooks (Coopers & Lybrand Advanced Technology Group); Marie Buretta (Marie Buretta, Inc.); Brenda Castiel (Ernst & Young); Howard Fosdick (Fosdick Consulting, Inc.); Susan Gausden (Terry Mason Consulting); Dave Gleason (Platinum Technology); Paul Hessinger (Vision Unlimited); Martin Hubel (Martin Hubel Systems Ltd.); Denis Kosar (Chase Manhattan); John Ladley (Alliance Blue Cross); Trina LaRue (AT&T); Jay Marquez (The Praxium Group); Terry Mason (Terry Mason Consulting); Joe Oates (Application Building Blocks, Ltd.); Ed Peters (Intersolv); Jack Sweeney (Bank of Boston); Pete Uhrowczik (IBM); Colin White (DataBase Associates); Richard Yevich (RYC, Inc.).

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Description

• Copyright 1997
• Dimensions: 7" x 9-1/4"
• Pages: 428
• Edition: 1st

• Book
• ISBN-10: 0-13-577370-9
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-577370-3

A practical handbook for the Data Warehouse that is designed to prepare people to progress toward providing any data anywhere, anytime. KEY TOPICS: 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. MARKET: 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.

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Sample Content

Table of Contents

I. GETTING STARTED.

 1. Introduction.
 2. A Renaissance for Information Technology.
 3. Organizational and Cultural Issues.
 4. Working Effectively with End Users.
 5. The Seven Deadly Sins.
 6. Real-World Data Warehousing: The Management Challenge.

II. PLANNING THE DATA WAREHOUSE.

 7. A Technical Architecture for Data Warehousing.
 8. Creating a Business Case.
 9. A Flexible Approach to Developing A Data Warehouse.

III. DATA: THE CRITICAL ISSUE.

10. Data Quality.
11. Metadata.
12. The Role of a Directory/Catalog.
13. Data Transformation.

IV. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION.

14. Physical Design.
15. Multidimensional OLAP Versus Relational OLAP.
16. Data Replication in a Global Warehousing Environment.
17. VLDBS and Parallelism.
18. Implementing a Warehouse in a Multiserver Environment Using Parallel Technology.
19. Middleware: Gluing the Warehouse Together.
20. Design Reviews for the Data Warehouse.
21. The Virtual Data Warehouse.
22. Operational Data Stores: Developing an Effective Strategy.
23. Data Mining.

V. DATA WAREHOUSE ADMINISTRATION.

24. Systems Administration.
25. Database Administration Issues in a Heterogeneous Environment.
26. Security in the Data Warehouse.
27. Selecting End-User Tools.

VI. TRENDS.

28. Trends in Data Warehousing.
Glossary.
Author Profiles.
Index.

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