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M a k i n g E ve r y t h i n g E a s i e r !

2 nd E d i t io n

D a t a W a r e h o u s i n g

Learn to:

• Analyze top-down and bottom-up data

warehouse designs

• Understand the structure and technologies

of data warehouses, operational data

stores, and data marts

• Implement a data warehouse, step by

step

• Involve end-users in the process

Thomas C. Hammergren

Alan R. Simon

Data

Warehousing

FOR

DUMmIES

‰

2 ND EDITION

by Thomas C. Hammergren

and Alan R. Simon

Data Warehousing For Dummies ® , 2nd Edition

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About the Author

Tom Hammergren is known worldwide as an innovator, writer, educator,

speaker, and consultant in the field of information management. Tom’s

information management and software career spans more than 20 years and

includes key roles in successful business intelligence and information man-

agement solution companies such as Cognos, Cincom, and Sybase. Tom is the

founder of Balanced Insight, Inc., a leading vendor of business intelligence

lifecycle management software and services that also works on innovation in

semantically driven business intelligence.

While working for Sybase, Hammergren helped design and develop

WarehouseStudio, a comprehensive set of tools for delivering enterprise

data warehousing solutions. At Cincom, Tom helped deliver the SupraServer

product line to market, one of the first fully distributed data management

solutions for highly survivable network implementations. During an earlier

position at Cognos, he was one of the founding members of the PowerPlay

and Impromptu product teams.

Tom has published numerous articles in industry journals and is the

author of two widely read books, Data Warehousing: Building the Corporate

Knowledge Base and Ofﬁ cial Sybase Data Warehousing on the Internet:

Accessing the Corporate Knowledge Base (both from International Thomson

Computer Press).

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