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Until recently, extract, transform and load (ETL) was considered the most effective way to load information into a data warehouse. It was a method developed because data warehouses were not... Read more...
Does your disaster recovery plan include your data warehouse? If it doesn't, you are facing a critical gap that could cost you years of saved data and lots of trouble. Now that data warehousing is... Read more...
According to Paul A. Strassmann, Distinguished Professor of Information Sciences at George Mason University's School of Information Technology and Engineering, HP has finally overtaken IBM as the... Read more...
Making sure decision-makers have access to timely, accurate and relevant data on demand is big factor in effectively managing day-to-day business activities that impact operational efficiency. But... Read more...
It's not surprising, given the rash of mobile device thefts containing personal and confidential information at Federal agencies, that Uncle Sam wants something done to prevent further incidents.... Read more...
Most people would think that states, given the funding levels and the resources available, would have a grip on pulling and aggregating data, but state educational departments across the country... Read more...
When a data tape containing 200,000 client names went missing last year, Ameritrade realized it had to implement a data protection strategy within its storage infrastructure. When it acquired TD... Read more...
Specific industries benefit greatly from data warehousing efforts--financial and retail to name just two. But other businesses can reap rewards from the process as well. The first step is... Read more...