Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems

Chapter 11

Data Virtualization, Information Management, and Data Governance

11.1 Introduction

This chapter describes the impact deploying data virtualization technology within business intelligence systems has on certain data-oriented tasks within an organization. These tasks fall within the domain of information management. According to Wikipedia (on January 2, 2012), the definition of information management is:

Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences.

Examples of tasks that fall within this domain of information management include the following:

• Information modeling

• Database design

• Data profiling

• Data cleansing ...