Publisher's Synopsis
"With today's technology, it is impossible to utilize a DBMS successfully without first learning fundamental concepts. After years of developing databases with business users, we believe that the following database concepts are essential: Fundamentals of the relational model Structured Query Language (SQL) Data modeling Database design Database administration And because of the increasing use of the Internet, the World Wide Web, commonly available analysis tools, and the emergence of the NoSQL movement, four more essential concepts need to be added to the list: Data warehouse structures Business intelligence (BI) systems Cloud computing and virtualization Nonrelational structured data storage (Big Data and NoSQL systems)"-- Provided by publisher.
