March 2009
Beginner to intermediate
384 pages
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English
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Chapter 30. Ten Sources of Up-to-Date Information about Data Warehousing
In This Chapter
Checking out specialized data warehousing Web sites
Turning to industry analysts' Web sites for information
Getting product details by going to vendors' Web sites
You probably won't be surprised to hear that the term up-to-date means "go look on the Internet." It's worth your time to check out the Web sites in this chapter.
The Data Warehousing Institute
www.tdwi.org
At the Data Warehousing Institute's comprehensive site, you can find these items:
Education information
Upcoming events
White papers, including links to white papers at other sites
Case studies
A directory of vendors
Best practices (so that you can find out how others have succeeded in various data warehousing categories)
The Data Warehousing Information Center
www.dwinfocenter.org
At the Data Warehousing Information Center, you can find out about data warehousing technology, find links to a variety of other sites, and provide the site's operator (Larry Greenfield, of LGI Systems, Incorporated) a place for "rants and raves" (his words) about data warehousing.
The site has tables of various tool categories and products in those categories, along with links to the vendors' respective sites. It also has links to white papers, articles, periodicals, conferences, and many other services.
The OLAP Report
www.olapreport.com
The OLAP Report is published by Business Application Research Center, a subscription service. This Web site has information available ...
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