Welcome to the Jill Dyché Special Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter.
It is once again my privilege to feature our Jill Dyché Special Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter. As you know, Jill is a recognized customer data integration expert. In addition to my article that looks at when it is appropriate to use star schemas in a data warehouse, this Special Edition also features an article from Jill that continues her discussion of the evolution of business intelligence adoption, specifically the categorization of end users.
On behalf of the Business Intelligence Network, I encourage you to use the Jill Dyché Special Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter as your regular source of information about customer data integration and customer data management. Also, please continue to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information pertaining to business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing and information quality.
To your continued success,
When Are Star Schemas Okay in a Data Warehouse?
by Bill Inmon
Because of their brittleness, star schemas typically do not make a good foundation for a data warehouse, but there are exceptions to this rule.
BI Adoption Evolves Part 2: Categorizing End Users
by Jill Dyché
Part 1 of this article introduced the Baseline Pyramid, which offers a BI taxonomy according to the type of usage and the maturity of the data. In Part 2, we spin the pyramid in order to relate this evolution to classes of knowledge workers.
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Understanding the High Cost of Low Quality Product Data
On Demand
What are you doing today to ensure that all of your data is of the highest level of quality? Attend this free web seminar to hear Jill Dyché and Evan Levy explain how data quality drives your ability to master product data.
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Data Warehouse Appliances: Evolution or Revolution?
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This web seminar provides a summary of the research recently conducted by Richard Hackathorn and Colin White for the Business Intelligence Network. Learn why the data warehouse appliance has been a revolution in the practice of data warehousing, enabling enterprises to conduct business in entirely new ways.
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