Archive and Retrieval A function providing managed and efficient storage and retrieval of data between the different levels of a storage hierarchy. A fundamental corporate reorganization based upon the processes that deliver value to customers. The forces and pressures that have significant influence on how the business performs and operates. What the business needs or wants to achieve in response to the business drivers. The user's means of selecting, manipulating, and displaying data in business terminology, both initially and for later reuse across the organization.
Business Information Needs Information that is needed by business to make their business decisions.
Business Processes Sets of activities performed by the business to produce products that have value to a customer. Business Units Organizational units that share common business drivers, goals, information needs and processes. A component of data replication that interacts with a source data store to obtain a copy of some or all of the data contained therein, or a record of changes that have occurred there. Cell Data point defined by one member of each dimension of a multidimensional structure. Often, potential cells in multidimensional structures are empty, leading to 'sparse' storage.