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Bill Inmon

Welcome to the Bill Inmon Channel for the Business Intelligence Network.

Over the years, the most demanding leading-edge practitioners and users have accessed my architecture, design techniques and best practices for the data warehouse through my books, articles and live seminars.

Now, using this faster, interactive Channel, you can electronically access all aspects of data warehousing, including RSS feeds and blogs. The blog, which will provide useful insights and constant commentary on the state of the data warehousing industry, will be hosted by Dan Linstedt. It will allow you to exchange your views with me on a real-time basis. 

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Articles

    The Operational Data Store – Thursday's Child
    by Bill Inmon
    Perhaps the sparsity of attention paid to the operational data store (ODS) stems from the fact that the architectural structure of the ODS is a lot more free-form than other parts of the information infrastructure.

    Products and Architecture
    by Bill Inmon
    An architecture for information for a company is hard to define because it has so many facets. Bill Inmon describes some of the elements an architecture would surely include.

    Motivations for Building the Data Warehouse
    by Bill Inmon
    Bill Inmon provides a review of the factors that motivate organizations to build corporate data warehouses.

    Monitoring the Data Warehouse
    by Bill Inmon
    Bill Inmon looks at dormant data in the data warehouse and provides suggestions for addressing data warehouse performance.

    Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury
    by Bill Inmon
    Bill Inmon questions the outcome of trials in cases that involve highly technical issues.

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    The Evolution of Integration Membership required to view this content
    by Bill Inmon
    This white paper explains how data integration grows from simple data movement to complex transformation functions, and how modern data integration technology enables organizations to deploy data integration technology.

    Integrating Data in the Information System - An Open Source Approach Membership required to view this content
    Data integration guarantees the consistency of data in the overall information system. This white paper describes how open source helps solves the interoperability challenge.

    SAP NetWeaver and DW2.0
    by Bill Inmon
    Today the architectural concept of data warehousing has evolved to DW2.0.

    Unlocking the Potential of Information Lifecycle Management Membership required to view this content
    Usage-Based Data Classification for Oracle Databases
    This joint white paper from Oracle and Zettapoint describes usage-based Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) and how it can dramatically reduce the size of large databases, resulting in significantly lower DW operating costs and improved BI performance.

    The Essential Roadmap to ETL Tool Migration Membership required to view this content
    Migrating from one ETL tool to another presents significant challenges to an IT organization. Here is a checklist of ETL migration issues, challenges and questions that an organization should consider and answer before an ETL migration project begins.

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