Data Warehousing in Action [Paperback]

Sean Kelly (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 23, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0471966401 | ISBN-13: 978-0471966401 | Edition: 1

Construct and implement a data warehousing plan.

In their efforts to collect information that will give them an edge, many companies have amassed vast amounts of data. Often this data becomes unwieldy and difficult to translate into anything useful. Data warehousing, storing all of this data in a system that allows for rapid retrieval of customized information, is the solution. This book, written by a data warehousing authority, is a step-by-step guide to creating and managing a data warehouse from start to finish, reviewing marketing, technology, and design issues.

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Construct and implement a data warehousing plan. In their efforts to collect information that will give them an edge, many companies have amassed vast amounts of data. Often this data becomes unwieldy and difficult to translate into anything useful. Data warehousing, storing all of this data in a system that allows for rapid retrieval of customized information, is the solution. This book, written by a data warehousing authority, is a step-by-step guide to creating and managing a data warehouse from start to finish, reviewing marketing, technology, and design issues.

From the Back Cover

"A pioneering voice in the data warehouse market." - Jack Sweeney President & CEO Intellidex Systems and Co-chairperson of the Metadata Council Data Warehousing in Action Sean Kelly In an age of information rich and poor, corporations are busy amassing gigabytes of data under the assumption that data is power. Data is plentiful - information is scarce. Data Warehousing in Action provides the tool to harness this data and transform it into useful customized bytes of information. This book is a fully comprehensive account of how to proceed with the data warehouse project in a clear step-by-step fashion. It is aimed at all those involved in designing and implementing a meaningful data warehousing architecture. Data Warehousing in Action
* identifies industrial applications for data warehousing
* provides a framework for building a data warehouse
* analyzes the options for choosing relevant architecture
* appraises the technologies used in data warehousing
* outlines methodology for managing the project
* explains how to futureproof the design
Following on from the success of Data Warehousing: the Route to Mass Customization (Wiley 1994), this book moves on to explore the next generation in data warehouse architecture.

Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (July 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471966401
• ISBN-13: 978-0471966401
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,690,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent content but very poor editing, March 25, 1998

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This review is from: Data Warehousing in Action (Paperback)

Data Warehousing in Action provides the best overall content of any book that I have seen in terms of explaining the data warehousing process from end to end, especially around strategy and architecture. Unfortunately, it is also the worst job of editing that I have ever seen. Even spell-checking would have caught a lot of the errors. Perhaps it parallels the fact that you can still get meaningful and useful information out of a data warehouse even if the data quality is far from perfect.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well constructed but poorly finished., May 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Data Warehousing in Action (Paperback)

The content of this book is well constructed and as a technical reference it is easy to read, unfortunately the poor grammer, spelling and incorrect web site addresses, dulls the credibility of the message.