This book arms you with the knowledge you need to design rock-solid business intelligence and data integration processes. Sherman takes the guesswork out of creating systems that are cost-effective, reusable and essential for transforming raw data into valuable information for business decision-makers. It provides practical guidelines for building successful BI, DW and data integration solutions; explains underlying BI, DW and data integration design,...

Your company relies on data to succeed—data that traditionally comes from a business's transactional processes, pulled from the transaction systems through an extract-transform-load (ETL) process into a warehouse for reporting purposes. But this data flow is no longer sufficient given the growth of the internet of things (IOT), web commerce, and cybersecurity. How can your company keep up with today's increasing magnitude of data and insights?...

"Join practitioners from a range of industries to learn how they're putting new tools and massive data sets to work. We'll hear how music, geophysics, and the legal system are all changing by putting huge, rich information into the hands of business."--Resource description page.

Data has been a missing part of most academic curriculums for a long time, and we're all being affected. During challenging times, creating a data-informed culture can help you pivot quickly or prevent expensive missteps. Developing a data curious organization will take advantage of the burgeoning data resources available as a result of increasing digitalization. With this book, author Carl Allchin shows today's business professionals how to become...

Today's companies are becoming more powerful than nations, the lines between public and corporate institutions grow murkier, and the internet is shredding our privacy. To combat these onslaughts, people are turning away from traditional police, lawyers, and government regulators toward a new champion: the private investigator. The tools Maroney and other private investigators use are a mix of the traditional and the cutting edge, from old phone records...

"In their previous book, Competing on Analytics, Thomas H. Davenport and Jeanne G. Harris showed how pioneering firms were building their entire strategies around their analytical capabilities. Rather than "going with their gut" when pricing products, maintaining inventory, or hiring talent, managers in these firms use data, analysis, and systematic reasoning to make decisions that improve efficiency, risk management, and profits." "Now, in Analytics...