Michael L. Gonzales 
IBM Data Warehousing 
with IBM Business Intelligence Tools

* Reviews planning and designing architecture and implementingthe data warehouse.* Includes discussions on how and why to apply IBM tools.* Offers tips, tricks, and workarounds to ensure maximumperformance.* Companion Web site includes technical notes, product updates, corrections, and links to relevant material and training.

Cuprins

Acknowledgments.Introduction.PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND THE DATAWAREHOUSE.Chapter 1. Overview of the BI Organization.Chapter 2. Business Intelligence Fundamentals.Chapter 3. Planning Data Warehouse Iterations.PART TWO: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ARCHITECTURE.Chapter 4. Designing the Data Architecture.Chapter 5. Technical Architecture and Data Management Foundations.PART THREE: DATA MANAGEMENT.Chapter 6. DB2 BI Fundamentals.Chapter 7. DB2 Materialized Query Tables.PART FOUR: WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT.Chapter 8. Warehouse Management with IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Center.Chapter 9. Data Transformation with IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Center.Chapter 10. Meta Data and the IBM DB2 Warehouse Manager.PART FIVE: OLAP AND IBM.Chapter 11. Multidimensional Data with DB2 OLAP Server.Chapter 12. OLAP with IBM DB2 Data Warehouse Center.Chapter 13. DB2 OLAP Functions.PART SIX: ENHANCED ANALYTICS.Chapter 14. Data Mining with Intelligent Miner.Chapter 15. DB2-Enhanced BI Features and Functions.Chapter 16. Blending Spatial Data into the Warehouse.Bibliography.Index.

Despre autor

MICHAEL L. GONZALES is President of The Focus Group, Ltd., where he guides organizations from the initial development phase of a data warehouse project to full imple-mentation. He has written for publications including Intelligent Enterprise and DB2 Magazine, is a frequent speaker at industry user conferences, and conducts data warehouse courses internationally.