Foreword
It was almost five years ago when I wrote the foreword to the first edition of this book and over that time we have seen many changes. The challenge now facing most organizations after the dot-com boom and economic slowdown is how to deliver more, using fewer resources, without increasing costs or affecting the bottom line.
Information today is a critical business asset, and the demands placed upon it are rapidly changing. Historically, information was only kept for short periods of time, but once the business benefits of retaining all this information were realized, the Data Warehouse was born. Now they play a very important part in the daily running of the business and assist during tactical decision-making.
The user community who now ...
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