Publisher's Synopsis
Free Data Warehousing "Cheat Sheet" Inside!
Make a Smooth Transition from Outdated Systems into Modern Data Warehouses! Data warehousing is a valuable, proven approach to providing business users at all levels of an organization with the information they need to make high–impact decisions only if the right technologies, architecture, and techniques are used. Data Warehousing For Dummies® is the down–to–earth, no–hype reference that covers everything you need to know about data warehousing in today's technology and even tomorrow's. From the different types of tools that exist to the steps you use to develop a data warehouse, this book has it all! Let These Icons Guide You!
- Gives you tricks of the trade to develop a data warehouse successfully
- Helps you avoid traps and hype
- Describes what's coming in the future of data warehousing and how it affects you
Inside, find helpful advice on how to:
- Choose the right architecture and approach for your data warehouse
- Select data warehousing technologies and products
- Correctly and efficiently analyze data sources and choose what should be in your data warehouse
- Bring external data into your data warehouse
- Build a winning development team for your data warehousing project
- Look ahead to tomorrow's data warehousing technology and what it means for your project
