Title: Data Warehousing For Dummies®
Description: Data warehousing is one of the hottest business topics, and there's more to understanding data warehousing technologies than you might think. Find out the basics of data warehousing and how it facilitates data mining and business intelligence with Data Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition.   Data is probably your company's most important asset, so your data warehouse should serve your needs. The fully updated Second Edition of Data Warehousing For Dummies helps you understand, develop, implement, and use data warehouses, and offers a sneak peek into their future. You'll learn to:    Analyze top-down and bottom-up data warehouse designs  Understand the structure and technologies of data warehouses, operational data stores, and data marts  Choose your project team and apply best development practices to your data warehousing projects  Implement a data warehouse, step by step, and involve end-users in the process  Review and upgrade existing data storage to make it serve your needs  Comprehend OLAP, column-wise databases, hardware assisted databases, and middleware  Use data mining intelligently and find what you need  Make informed choices about consultants and data warehousing products     Data Warehousing For Dummies, 2nd Edition also shows you how to involve users in the testing process and gain valuable feedback, what it takes to successfully manage a data warehouse project, and how to tell if your project is on track. You'll find it's the most useful source of data on the topic!
Subjects: Computer Technology, Nonfiction