Corporate information factory

You'll get clear explanations on how to integrate the enterprise data warehouse with a host of new technologies and solutions that have emerged since this grouadbreaking work was first publisbed in 1998. You'll also discover how to leverage these technologies to ensure broad access to information for end users, while reducing costs and Improving scalability across the enterprise. Ultimately, you'll learn to design, build, and implement a company-wide information ecosystem that:

Integrates with legacy systems and the Web

Leverages third-party ERP, CRM, and e-Business applications

Exploits the latest in data exploration and mining technologies

Takes advantage of low-cost alternative storage

Scales across the enterprise through the use of data marts and operational data stores

o Accommodates the use of multiple data warehouses

o Can start small and grow incrementally

Contents

• Chapter 1 : Creating an Information Ecosystem
• Chapter 2 : Introducing the Corporate Information Factory
• Chapter 3 The External World Component
• Chapter 4 The Applications Component
• Chapter 5 The Integration and Transformation Layer Component
• Chapter 6 The Operational
• Chapter 7 The Data Warehouse Component
• Chapter 8 The Data Mart Component
• Chapter 9 The Exploration and Data Mining Data Warehouse Components
• Chapter 10 The Alternative Storage Component
• Chapter 11 The Internet/Intranet Components
• Chapter 12 The Metadata Component
• Chapter 13 The Decision Support Capabilities
• Chapter 14 Variations to The Corporate Information Factory
• Chapter 15 Building the Corporate Information Factory
• Chapter 16 Managing the Corporate Information Factory
• Chapter 17 Multiple Data Warehouses a large Enterprise
• Appendix