Business Intelligence: The Ibm Solution: Data- Warehousing And Olap [with *]

Data warehousing and data mining allow decision-makers to leverage information and organizational knowledge to gain competitive advantage. These pages take a non-intimidating look at IBM's Business Intelligence Applications, in particular the Visual Warehouse and the OLAP Server.

Business Intelligence is an umbrella term, broadly covering the processes involved in extracting valuable business information from the mass of data that exists within a typical enterprise. This book concentrates on two aspects of Business Intelligence, together with the associated IBM products: Data Warehousing - IBM's Visual Warehouse OLAP (On-Line Analytical Processing) - IBM' DB2 OLAP Server If you are a Manager needing an overview of data warehousing and OLAP or a Practitioner needing to understand and use these tools then this book will provide you with all the information you need to make the most of Business Intelligence.