Data Warehousing for Dummies

Name: Data Warehousing for Dummies
Author: Thomas Hammergren

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Paperback, 366 blz. | Engels

Wiley Computing | 2e druk, 2009

ISBN13: 9780470407479

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Hoofdrubriek : Computer en informatica

Wiley Computing 2e druk, 2009 9780470407479

Onderdeel van serie Dummies (Engelstalig)

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Data warehousing is one of the hottest business topics, and there's more to understanding data warehousing technologies than you might think. Find out the basics of data warehousing and how it facilitates data mining and business intelligence with 'Data Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition'.

Data is probably your company's most important asset, so your data warehouse should serve your needs. The fully updated Second Edition of Data Warehousing For Dummies helps you understand, develop, implement, and use data warehouses, and offers a sneak peek into their future.

You'll learn to:
- Analyze top-down and bottom-up data warehouse designs
- Understand the structure and technologies of data warehouses, operational data stores, and data marts
- Choose your project team and apply best development practices to your data warehousing projects
- Implement a data warehouse, step by step, and involve end-users in the process
- Review and upgrade existing data storage to make it serve your needs
- Comprehend OLAP, column-wise databases, hardware assisted databases, and middleware
- Use data mining intelligently and find what you need
- Make informed choices about consultants and data warehousing products

'Data Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition' also shows you how to involve users in the testing process and gain valuable feedback, what it takes to successfully manage a data warehouse project, and how to tell if your project is on track. You'll find it's the most useful source of data on the topic!

Specificaties

ISBN13:9780470407479

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:366

Uitgever:Wiley Computing

Druk:2

Hoofdrubriek:IT-management / ICT

Serie:Dummies (Engelstalig)

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Introduction

Part 1: The Data Warehouse: Home for Your Data Assets
1. What's in a Data Warehouse?
2. What Should You Expect from Your Data Warehouse?
3. Have It Your Way: The Structure of a Data Warehouse
4. Data Marts: Your Retail Data Outlet

Part 2: Data Warehousing Technology
5. Relational Databases and Data Warehousing
6. Specialty Databases and Data Warehousing
7. Stuck in the Middle with You: Data Warehousing Middleware

Part 3: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
8. An Intelligent Look at Business Intelligence
9. Simple Database Querying and Reporting
10. Business Analysis (OLAP)
11. Data Mining: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It's Off to Mine We Go
12. Dashboards and Scorecards

Part 4: Data Warehousing Projects: How to Do Them Right
13. Data Warehousing and Other IT Projects: The Same but Different
14. Building a Winning Data Warehousing Project Team
15. You Need What? When? — Capturing Requirements
16. Analyzing Data Sources
17. Delivering the Goods
18. User Testing, Feedback, and Acceptance

Part 5: Data Warehousing: The Big Picture
19. The Information Value Chain:
Connecting Internal and External Data
20. Data Warehousing Driving Quality and Integration Chapter
21. The View from the Executive Boardroom
22. Existing Sort-of Data Warehouses: Upgrade or Replace?
23. Surviving in the Computer Industry (and Handling Vendors)
24. Working with Data Warehousing Consultants

Part 6: Data Warehousing in the Not-Too-Distant Future
25. Expanding Your Data Warehouse with Unstructured Data
26. Agreeing to Disagree about Semantics
27. Collaborative Business Intelligence

Part 7: The Part of Tens
28. Ten Questions to Consider When You're Selecting User Tools
29. Ten Secrets to Managing Your Project Successfully
30. Ten Sources of Up-to-Date Information about Data Warehousing
31. Ten Mandatory Skills for a Data Warehousing Consultant
32. Ten Signs of a Data Warehousing Project in Trouble
33. Ten Signs of a Successful Data Warehousing Project
34. Ten Subject Areas to Cover with Product Vendors

Index