Data Warehousing for Dummies - --For Dummies

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Make a Smooth Transition from Outdated Systems into Modern Data Warehouses!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

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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