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Building, Using and Managing the Data Warehouse, 1/e

Ramon Barquin, The Data Warehousing Institute, Washington, D.C.
Herb Edelstein, Euclid Associates, Rockville, MD

Published February, 1997 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1997, 352 pp.
Cloth
ISBN 0-13-534355-0


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Summary

Presents practical, real-world problems and solutions for a variety of issues related to information systems. Each separate issue is presented as an individual essay. They are all written by professionals representing both technological and user organizations.

Features


Takes a first person, hands-on approach to presenting issues and solutions from an eyewitness perspective.
Covers topics related to data warehouses that range from construction to maintenance to staffing.
Provides two in-depth case studies that provide a glimpse into the application of the issues and solutions presented throughout the book.


Table of Contents

    1. Introduction.

      The Transformation of Information Systems Technology: A Data Warehousing Manifesto, Ramon Barquin, The Data Warehousing Institute.

    2. Building the Data Warehouse.

      Building Successful Data Warehouses, Dick Hackathorn, Bolder Technology. Parallel Computing for Data Warehouses, Mark Sweiger, Sequent. Migrating Data from Legacy Systems: Challenges and Solutions, Katherine Hammer, ETI. Building Data Warehouses with the Tools You Have, Karen Grippo, DBIS.

    3. Using the Data Warehouse.

      Data Warehouses and the Mobile User, David Menninger, IRI. Requirements for Data Retrieval, Katherine Glassey, Edholm (Brio). Advanced Data Mining, Paul Barth, Tessera Enterprise Systems. Data Quality and Data Warehousing, Ken Orr, The Ken Orr Institute.

    4. Managing the Data Warehouse.

      Ten Mistakes to Avoid for Data Warehousing Managers, Ramon Barquin, The Data Warehousing Institute, Alan Paller, CIO Institute, and Herb Edelstein, Euclid Associates. How to Make Your Data Warehouse Mission Critical, C.L. Meador, MST and Richard Franklin, CIGNA. Maintaining the Data Warehouse, J.D. Welch, PRISM Solutions. Staffing Your Data Warehouses, Hugh Watson, University of Georgia.

    5. Some Case Studies.

      The Naval Surface Warfare Center: A Warehouse Case Study, Carol Burleson and David Tabler, both of the NSWC. ENTERGY Corporation: A Data Warehousing Success Story, Boris Bosch, ENTERGY.

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