Oracle® Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Solutions

Acknowledgments

We begin by acknowledging the support of our families, especially our wives who realize that authors sometimes get a bit cranky and difficult as deadlines approach. Although they probably hope there is not another book coming from any one of us soon, we realize such an undertaking would not be possible without the support of Jodie Stackowiak, Donna Rayman, and LuAnn Greenwald.

Special thanks to the folks at Wiley Publishing who worked their magic to turn the documents and screen-captured images from our laptops into the book you have in front of you. We would especially like to thank Tom Dinse, our Senior Development Editor, and Bob Elliott, Wiley's Executive Editor who understood the need for such a book.

Within Oracle, we have had the great fortune to work with many people skilled in this area. From Oracle Development, we would like to acknowledge the following who have provided us with guidance over the years that was especially relevant for this book: George Lumpkin, Robert Ash, Hermann Baer, Andrew Holdsworth, Paul Narth, Jean-Pierre Dijcks, Paul Rodwick, Chris Leone, and Ray Roccaforte. We would also like to acknowledge the contributions of business intelligence specialists in the Technology Business Unit, especially Louis Nagode, Gayl Czaplicki, Derrick Cameron, Jim Bienski, Alan Manewitz, Joan Maiorana, and the Enterprise Technology Center under Jim Olsen where we were able to illustrate some of the large-scale management capabilities.

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