About the Author
Roland Bouman has been working in the IT industry since 1998, mostly as a web and database application developer. Over the years, he has focused on open source Web technology, databases, and Business Intelligence. He is an active member of the MySQL and Pentaho communities, and was awarded the MySQL Forum Leader of the Year award in 2006. Roland is regular speaker at conferences. He is also co-author of the MySQL 5.1 Cluster Certification Guide, and technical reviewer of a number of MySQL-related titles. You can follow his blog at http://rpbouman.blogspot.com/.
Jos van Dongen is a seasoned Business Intelligence professional and well-known author and presenter. He has been involved in software development, Business Intelligence and data warehousing since 1991. Before starting his own consulting practice, Tholis Consulting, in 1998, he worked for a top-tier systems integrator and a leading management consulting firm. Over the past years, he has successfully implemented several data warehouses for a variety of organisations, both for-profit and non-profit. Jos covers new BI developments for the Dutch Database Magazine and speaks regularly at national and international conferences. In addition to this book, he authored another book on open source BI. You can find more information about Jos on http://www.tholis.com.
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