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

William H. Inmon is the acknowledged "Father of Data Warehousing" and a partner in www.billinmon.com, a Web site featuring information on data warehousing and related technologies. He has written more than 40 books on database and data warehousing technologies, and is a frequent speaker (and often the keynote) at major conferences.

Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: Evolution of Decision Support Systems. Chapter 2: The Data Warehouse Environment. Chapter 3: The Data Warehouse and Design. Chapter 4: Granularity in the Data Warehouse. Chapter 5: The Data Warehouse and Technology. Chapter 6: The Distributed Data Warehouse. Chapter 7: Executive Information Systems and the DataWarehouse. Chapter 8: External Data and the Data Warehouse. Chapter 9: Migration to the Architected Environment. Chapter 10: The Data Warehouse and the Web. Chapter 11: Unstructured Data and the Data Warehouse. Chapter 12: The Really Large Data Warehouse. Chapter 13: The Relational and the Multidimensional Models as aBasis for Database Design. Chapter 14: Data Warehouse Advanced Topics. Chapter 15: Cost-Justification and Return on Investment for aData Warehouse. Chapter 16: The Data Warehouse and the ODS. Chapter 17: Corporate Information Compliance and DataWarehousing. Chapter 18: The End-User Community. Chapter 19: Data Warehouse Design Review Checklist. Glossary. References. Index.