Interactive Data Warehousing

Singh, Harinder S.; Singh, Harry

ISBN 10: 0130803715 ISBN 13: 9780130803719

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

A guide to creating a Web-based data warehouse architecture emphasizing maximum growth and flexibility. Discussing how to choose the best platforms, technologies, and organizational strategies, the author covers warehousing goals, how to distribute functions across the enterprise, and managing and optimizing the architecture. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author

DR. HARRY S. SINGH is an educator and consultant with three decades of IT experience. A former manager of education programs for Hitachi, Dr. Singh previously spent 11 years at IBM, where he helped the firm enter the data warehousing marketplace. He holds eight US Patents and is author of three other Prentice Hall PTR books, Heterogeneous Internetworking, UNIX for MVS Programmers, and Data Warehouse: Concepts, Technologies, and Implementation.

From the Back Cover

Supercharge your data warehouse with Web and object technologies!

Practical, step-by-step techniques and real-world examples

Web-based data mining, data marts, and security techniques

For IT professionals, executives, and users

Web-enabled data warehouses deliver the broadest access to decision support, enterprise-wide-and if you architect them properly, they cost less than traditional solutions, too. Now, there's a complete guide to Web-enabling data warehouse, datamart, and data mining systems: Interactive Data Warehousing. From start to finish, data warehousing expert Harry Singh walks you through creating a Web-based data warehouse architecture for maximum growth and flexibility. Step by step, you'll learn how to choose the best platforms, technologies, and strategies for your organization-and implement them. Discover how to:

* Cut implementation costs and save time
* Integrate your corporate data warehouse and intranet
* Make the most of CORBA or COM object technologies
* Choose the right roles for fat clients, thin clients, and multi-tier systems
* Maximize Web and network security to protect your information assets

This is the first data warehousing book that places Web and object technology at the heart of the data warehouse effort--where they belong. You'll learn how to clearly define your data warehousing goals, distribute data warehousing functions across the enterprise, avoid incomplete solutions and immature products, and more. Once your data warehouse is up and running, Singh provides practical guidance on managing and optimizing it. If you want the competitive advantage of a Web-enabled data warehouse, you want Interactive Data Warehousing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130803715
• ISBN 13: 9780130803719
• Binding: Textbook Binding
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 481