Data Warehouse Toolkit by Ralph Kimball

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Book Summary of Data Warehouse Toolkit

The Data Warehouse Toolkit, Second Edition is a complete library of dimensional modeling techniques - the most comprehensive collection ever written. In this new edition - more than 40% new and updated - Kimball shows specific technologies for common business applications, including: Retail sales, Inventory management, Procurement, Orders and invoices, Customer relationship management and Accounting. It also cover more advanced techniques for specific industries, such as financial services, telecommunications and utilities, health care, insurance and more.

Special Feature

• Single most authoritative guide from the inventor of the technique
• Presents unique modeling techniques for e-commerce, and shows strategies for optimizing performance
• Companion Web site provides updates on dimensional modeling techniques, links related to sites, and source code where appropriate

About the Author
Ralph Kimball has been a leading visionary in the data warehouse industry since 1982 and is one of today's most well- known speakers, consultants, and teachers. He writes the "Data Warehouse Designer" column for Intelligent Enterprise magazine and is also the author of the bestselling books The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit and The Data Webhouse Toolkit (both from Wiley).

Margy Ross is President of DecisionWorks Consulting and a Ralph Kimball Associate. She has focused exclusively on decision support and data warehousing since 1982. Margy coauthored the highly acclaimed The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit, consults on data warehouse projects worldwide, and teaches data warehouse design for Kimball University.

Table of Contents

• Introduction to the Book
• Dimensional Modeling Primer
• Retail Sales
• Inventory
• Procurement
• Order Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Accounting
• Human Resources Management
• Financial Services
• Telecommunications and Utilities
• Transportation
• Education
• Health Care
• Electronic Commerce
• Insurance
• Building the Data Warehouse
• Present Imperatives and Future Outlook
• Glossary
• Index

Building the Data Warehouse-ebook by W.H.Inmon

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Book Summary of Building the Data Warehouse

• The new edition of the classic bestseller that launched the data warehousing industry covers new approaches and technologies, many of which have been pioneered by Inmon himself
• In addition to explaining the fundamentals of data warehouse systems, the book covers new topics such as methods for handling unstructured data in a data warehouse and storing data across multiple storage media
• Discusses the pros and cons of relational versus multidimensional design and how to measure return on investment in planning data warehouse projects
• Covers advanced topics, including data monitoring and testing
• Although the book includes an extra 100 pages worth of valuable content, the price has actually been reduced from $65 to $55

About the Author

Bill Inmon, the father of the data warehouse concept, has written 40 books on data management, data warehouse, design review, and management of data processing. Bill has had his books translated into Russian, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Dutch. Bill has published more than 250 articles in many trade journals. Bill founded and took public Prism Solutions. His latest company — Pine Cone Systems — builds software for the management of the data warehouse/data mart environment. Bill holds two software patents. Articles, white papers, presentations, and much more material can be found on his Web site, www.billinmon.com