Building The Data Warehouse 3rd Ed.

Description: The data warehousing bible updated for the new millennium Updated and expanded to reflect the many technological advances occurring since the previous edition, this latest edition of the data warehousing "bible" provides a comprehensive introduction to building data marts, operational data stores, the Corporate Information Factory, exploration warehouses, and Web-enabled warehouses. Written by the father of the data warehouse concept, the book also reviews the unique requirements for supporting e-business and explores various ways in which the traditional data warehouse can be integrated with new technologies to provide enhanced customer service, sales, and support-both online and offline-including near-line data storage techniques. Review: "...a clear and well thought out textA...I would recommend it to anyone working in data management or considering setting up a data warehouse..." (Managing Information, 9 October 2002) "A...overall, this is a clear and well thought out text. I would recommend this to anyone working in data management or considering setting up a data warehouseA..." (Managing Information, December 2002) Contents: Acknowledgments. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the Third Edition. Evolution of Decision Support Systems. The Data Warehouse Environment. The Data Warehouse and Design. Granularity in the Data Warehouse. The Data Warehouse and Technology. The Distributed Data Warehouse. Executive Information Systems and the Data Warehouse. External/Unstructured Data and the Data Warehouse. Migration to the Architected Environment. The Data Warehouse and the Web. ERP and the Data Warehouse. Data Warehouse Design Review Checklist. Appendix. Glossary. Reference. Index. Author Biography: W. H. INMON is the acknowledged "Father of Data Warehousing" and a partner in www.billinmon.com, a Web site for information on data warehousing and related technologies. He has written over forty books on database, database management, and data warehousing technologies and is a frequent speaker (and often the keynote) at major database conferences.