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Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
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Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications

by Larissa T. Moss, Shaku Atre
February 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
576 pages
11h 39m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter TwoStep 2: Enterprise Infrastructure Evaluation

Step 2: Enterprise Infrastructure Evaluation

Chapter Overview

An enterprise infrastructure is to BI applications what a transportation infrastructure is to automobile owners. In order to safely and comfortably travel with an automobile, there must be a physical infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, traffic lights, and traffic signs, as well as nonphysical infrastructure, such as standardized traffic rules and their interpretation. For example, without the universal interpretation of the rule that “Green means go, red means stop,” traffic lights would be of no use. Similarly, an enterprise infrastructure consists of two major components: ...

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