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Data Warehousing in the Real World: A Practical Guide for Building Decision Support Systems - Hardcover

Anahiry, Sam; Murray, Dennis

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Synopsis

This is a practical, hands-on guide which explains tried-and-true techniques for developing data warehouses using relational databases and open system technology. Written in "cookbook" format, this book covers all stages of implementation from project planning and requirements analysis, through architecture and design, to administrative issues such as user access, security, and back-up/recovery.

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About the Author

Sam Anahory is Director for Systems Integration at SHL Systemhouse An MCI Company,

where he runs their Data Warehousing practice, delivering end-to-end data warehousing

business solutions to clients. Prior to this, he built up and ran the Data Warehousing practice

Dennis Murray is the Principal Consultant responsible for Large Scalable Solutions in Oracle

Corporation's Europe, Middle East and Africa advanced technologies group. Through being

the Technical Architect for many data warehousing solutions, he has accumulated a vast

amount of experience on a wide range of hardware platforms.

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From the Back Cover

Data warehouses are the primary means by which businesses can gain competitive advantage through analyzing and using the information stored in their computerized systems. However, the data warehousing market is inundated with confusing, often contradictory, technical information from suppliers of hardware, databases and tools. Data Warehousing in the Real World provides comprehensive guidelines and techniques for the delivery of decision support solutions using open-systems data warehouses.

Written by practitioners for practitioners, Data Warehousing in the Real World describes each stage of the implementation process in detail: from project planning and requirements analysis, through architecture and design to administrative issues such as user access, security, backup and recovery.

Read this book to:
  • learn the fundamentals of designing large-scale data warehouses using relational technology
  • take advantage of product-independent comprehensive guidelines which cover all the issues you need to take into account when planning and building a data warehouse
  • benefit from the authors' experience distilled into helpful hints and tips
  • apply to your own situation the examples of real-life solutions taken from a variety of different business sectors
  • make use of the templates for project-plans, system architectures and database designs


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