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A Brief Guide to Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

Category: Data Management, IT Management

Tags: bi, business intelligence, digital, data warehouse, data

Overview As more and more data is being created and converted to digital streams, businesses need a way to consolidate and harness all of it. That's where a data warehouse comes in. Once they've got all of that data connected, they need a way to tap into it for powerful reporting and forecasting. That what business intelligence is for, as this TechRepublic Webcast explains. The topics covered include:

Understanding why and when you need a data warehouse
Making the case to the business for a data warehouse project
Understanding and communicating the value of business intelligence (BI)
Using BI for nimble decision-making

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Publisher: TechRepublic
File Format: Webcast
Date Published: Jan 3, 2008
Format: Webcasts
Topics: Data Center, Knowledge and Data Management, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Decision Support - DW Front End, Infrastructure Management

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