Data Warehousing Architecture and Implementation

A start-to-finish process for deploying successful data warehouses.  
  This book delivers what every data warehousing project participant needs most: a thorough overview of today's best solutions, and a reliable step-by-step process for building warehouses that meet their objectives. It answers the key questions asked by everyone involved in a data warehouse initiative: project sponsors, developers, managers, and CIOs. And, with over 75 figures, it doesn't just tell you how to get the job done: it shows you.  

• Migration strategies and scenarios
• Management and support: issue resolution, capacity planning, security, backup, and more
• Specific answers for project sponsors, managers, and CIOs
• 12 steps for implementation
• Best techniques for schema design and metadata
• Choosing the right hardware, software, and platforms
• Evolving as new technologies mature