Inmon / Imhoff / Sousa Corporate Information Factory

2. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-471-43750-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten, E-Book

The "father of data warehousing" incorporates the latesttechnologies into his blueprint for integrated decision supportsystems
Today's corporate IT and data warehouse managers are required tomake a small army of technologies work together to ensure fast andaccurate information for business managers. Bill Inmon created theCorporate Information Factory to solve the needs ofthese managers. Since the First Edition, the design of the factoryhas grown and changed dramatically. This Second Edition, revisedand expanded by 40% with five new chapters, incorporates thesechanges. This step-by-step guide will enable readers to connecttheir legacy systems with the data warehouse and deal with a hostof new and changing technologies, including Web access mechanisms,e-commerce systems, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems. Thebook also looks closely at exploration and data mining servers foranalyzing customer behavior and departmental data marts forfinance, sales, and marketing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inmon, W. H.

Imhoff, Claudia

Sousa, Ryan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Creating an Information Ecosystem.
Introducing the Corporate Information Factory.
The External World Component.
The Applications Component.
The Integration and Transformation Layer Component.
The Operational Data Store Component.
The Data Warehouse Component.
The Data Mart Component.
The Exploration and Data Mining Warehouse Components.
The Alternative Storage Component.
The Internet/Intranet Components.
The Metadata Component.
The Decision Support Capabilities.
Variations to the Corporate Information Factory.
Building the Corporate Information Factory.
Managing the Corporate Information Factory.
Multiple Data Warehouses across a Large Enterprise.
Appendix A: CIF Architecture Guidelines.
Glossary.
Recommended Reading.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

W. H. INMON, the acknowledged "father of data warehousing," is apartner in www.billinmon.com, a Web site for the corporateinformation factory and modern systems architecture. He has writtenover 40 books on databases, database management, and data warehousetechnology, including the recently published ExplorationWarehousing (Wiley). Inmon is also a frequent speaker at leadingindustry conferences and contributes to DM Review.
CLAUDIA IMHOFF, PhD, is a Senior Vice President of Braun Consultingand a popular speaker for national and international events on thecorporate information factory. Dr. Imhoff has coauthored threebooks dealing with different aspects of the corporate informationfactory, including Building the Customer-Centric Enterprise(Wiley), and is a columnist for business and technologymagazines.
RYAN SOUSA has extensive experience implementing large customerrelationship management solutions using the corporate informationfactory. He is coauthor of Data Warehouse Performance (Wiley) andcan be contacted at [e-mail].