Data Warehousing Fundamentals: A Comprehensive Guide For It Professionals

This book explores all topics needed by those who design and implement data warehouses. Readers will learn about planning requirements, architecture, infrastructure, data preparation, information delivery, implementation, and maintenance. This book covers the fundamentals of data warehousing specifically for the IT professionals who wants to get into the field.
Table of contents :
Foreword
Preface
Part I Overview And Concepts
· The Compelling Need for Data Warehousing
· Data Warehouse: The Building Blocks
· Trends in Data Warehousing
Part II Planning And Requirements
· Planning and Project Management
· Defining the Business Requirements
· Requirements as the Driving Force for Data Warehousing
Part III Architecture And Infrastructure
· The Architectural Components
· Infrastructure as the Foundation for Data Warehousing
· The Significant Role of Metadata
Part IV Data Design And Data Preparation
· Principles of Dimensional Modeling
· Dimensional Modeling: Advanced Topics
· Data Extraction, Transformation, and Loading
· Data Quality: A Key to Success
Part V Information Access And Delivery
· Matching Information to the Classes of Users
· OLAP in the Data Warehouse
· Data Warehousing and the Web
· Data Mining Basics
Part VI Implementation And Maintenance
· The Physical Design Process
· Data Warehouse Deployment
· Growth and Maintenance
Appendix A: Project Life Cycle Steps and Checklists
Appendix B: Critical Factors for Success
Appendix C: Guidelines for Evaluating Vendor Solutions
References
Glossary
Index

Market Description :
· IT professionals
· Undergraduate students specializing in information technology
· Consultants

About Author :
Paulraj Ponniah, PhD, is a twenty-five year IT professional who specializes in the design and implementation of data warehouse and database systems. He also teaches database and data warehousing courses.