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This book delivers what every data warehousing project participant needs most: a thorough overview of today's best solutions, and a reliable step-by-step process for building warehouses that meet their objectives. And, with over 75 figures, it doesn't just tell you how to get the job done: it shows you. The CD-ROM contains trial versions of R/olapXL Client and Warehouse Designer. From the Back Cover
A start-to-finish process for deploying successful data warehouses.
This book delivers what every data warehousing project participant needs most: a thorough overview of today's best solutions, and a reliable step-by-step process for building warehouses that meet their objectives. It answers the key questions asked by everyone involved in a data warehouse initiative: project sponsors, developers, managers, and CIOs. And, with over 75 figures, it doesn't just tell you how to get the job done: it shows you.
*Migration strategies and scenarios
*Management and support: issue resolution, capacity planning, security, backup, and more
*Specific answers for project sponsors, managers, and CIOs
*12 steps for implementation
*Best techniques for schema design and metadata
*Choosing the right hardware, software, and platforms
*Evolving as new technologies mature
Rely on this book's up-to-date listings of vendors and Web resources. Learn to evolve your data warehouse as new technologies mature-including metadata interchange standards, Web solutions, and Windows<^>…Ø NT. Whatever your goals, Data Warehousing for IT Professionals will help you achieve them faster and at lower cost.
CD-ROM INCLUDED
Get trial versions of two powerful tools! RolapXL Client lets business users run queries and reports through MS-Excel, without programming. Warehouse Designer enables DBAs to structure data warehouses fast, through a GUI front-end. About the Author
MARK HUMPHRIES is President and CEO of Intranet Business Systems, Inc., Pasig City, The Philippines. He has over 13 years' experience in management and consulting throughout Europe, North America, and Asia. He was European Director for Hitachi's Information and Graphics Systems affiliate, and led major warehousing projects for two large U.S. utilities.
MICHAEL W. HAWKINS is an IT management consultant. With over 18 years' experience, he has been designing, implementing, and managing large IT infrastructures for a variety of companies in the Asian region.
MICHELLE DY, Business Analyst at Intranet Business Systems, Inc., specializes in methods consulting, BPR, planning, analysis, and design. She is responsible for defining the company's data warehousing methodology. Back to Data Mining
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