Thursday, March 16, 2006
Welcome Subscribers!

In this week's newsletter, Michael Scofield continues his series on enterprise data assets. Enterprise Data Asset Inventory and Profiling provides helpful tips for analyzing the technical and business content of database tables.

In the second article, An Introduction to DW 2.0, I provide an overview of the new architecture for data warehousing and explain the circumstances that led to the development of DW 2.0.

I encourage you to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information pertaining to business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing and information quality.


IN THIS ISSUE MORE > 

Enterprise Data Asset Inventory and Profiling
by Michael Scofield
With database tables, there is much more to understand than just the number of rows and columns.

An Introduction to DW 2.0
by Bill Inmon
The new architecture for data warehousing addresses mission-critical areas.


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Master Data Management: An Introduction
March 28 at 2 p.m. ET
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What's Your IQ? A Step-By-Step Approach to Improved Information Quality
March 29 at 12 p.m. ET
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April 5 at 2 p.m. ET
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