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Data Warehouses

ALSO CALLED: Data Stores, Datawarehousing, Data Ware-house, Datawarehouse, Data Warehousing, Knowledge Warehouse, and Dataware House
DEFINITION: A data warehouse is a central repository for all or significant parts of the data that an enterprise's various business systems collect. The term was coined by W. H. Inmon. IBM sometimes uses the term "information warehouse."

Typically, a data warehouse is housed on an enterprise mainframe  … 
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Techniques and Tools for Data Quality Management
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 08 May 2008 | When: 28 May 2008, 14:00 EDT (18:00 GMT)
SUMMARY: Data quality is evolving to focus on providing the right data in the right format, at the right time to broad, global systems. Learn best practices for data quality management and how you can implement an enterprise data quality center of excellence.

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Data warehousing five-year outlook: Technology trends and tips
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PODCAST:   Posted: 07 Apr 2008 | Premiered: 07 Apr 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
SUMMARY: In this 20-minute podcast, appropriate for both business and IT professionals, Kobielus offers his expert analysis of the five-year outlook for data warehousing.

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Effective Data Quality Program Management: Tips and advice
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PODCAST:   Posted: 12 Mar 2008 | Premiered: 11 Mar 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
SUMMARY: In this 12-minute podcast, appropriate for both business and IT professionals, hear advice and tips for effective data quality program management from industry expert Evan Levy, partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting.

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Avoiding Data Quality Failure: Identifying Data Quality Pitfalls Before They Happen Webcast
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 11 Mar 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: In this webcast, find out the most common data quality pitfalls, learn how to identify potential problems and get expert advice for designing successful data quality programs.

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Enterprise Information Management in the Real World: Strategies for Success
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 11 Mar 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: Enterprise Information Management or EIM encompasses several important contemporary business concepts: Business Intelligence, Data Governance, and Data Warehousing. Join CIBER and Duke Energy for a complimentary webinar to learn more about EIM!

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Next Generation Business Intelligence
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 10 Mar 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: Listen to this Webcast to hear Gartner analyst Kurt Schlegel and other IT professionals discuss the benefits and drawbacks associated with BI initiatives in the midmarket.

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The Next Generation of Business Intelligence: Tips, Trends and Technology
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 18 Feb 2008 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: In this webcast, you'll learn about some of the latest technology trends and components of next-generation BI architectures.

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Zero to Five: A Stepwise Progression for MDM and Data Governance
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WEBCAST:   Posted: 05 Dec 2007 | When: Available On Demand
SUMMARY: Companies assessing master data management (MDM) are using a variety of metrics. Some focus on functionality, some on architectural stacks, while others weigh vendor choices based on a proof-of-concept approach.

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Developing and Maintaining an Enterprise Data Quality Management Strategy, with Larry English
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PODCAST:   Posted: 05 Jun 2007 | Premiered: 06 Jun 2007, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
SUMMARY: Developing and Maintaining an Enterprise Data Quality Management Strategy, with Larry English

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DATA WAREHOUSES DEFINITION (continued): …  server. Data from various online transaction processing (OLTP) applications and other sources is selectively extracted and organized on the data warehouse database for use by analytical applications and user queries. Data warehousing emphasizes the capture of data from diverse sources for useful analysis and access, but does not generally start from the point-of-view of the end user or knowledge worker who may need access to specialized, sometimes local databases. The … 
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