Data warehousing has captured the attention of organizations worldwide. Despite this growing interest, data warehouse development remains one of the riskiest IT projects an organization can undertake. Building and deploying data warehouse applications is difficult for a number of reasons.

Change is permanent in today's government and business environment, and the Ministry of Justice in Western Australia is not immune to this social phenomenon.

Now that your data warehouse is online and flooding you with information, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff?

Now that your data warehouse is online and flooding you with information, how do you separate the wheat from the chaff?

Data warehousing is a process; it is something you do, not something you buy. While technology is needed for implementation of the physical structures that make up the data warehouse, the process itself needs to be focused on the methods and techniques, not the technology.

Numerous surveys indicate that a high percentage of data warehouses fail to meet business objectives or are outright failures. What causes these failures? What lessons have we learned about how to avoid these failures? What can you do to ensure that your data warehousing initiative will succeed?

My first introduction to data warehousing began with an invitation from IBM in late 1989 to look at a new development. My friends at IBM wanted my opinion on a promising new technology that they had labeled "data warehousing." After I had looked through the material, they asked me if I thought it was a good idea and whether it made sense or not.

Data warehousing has captured the attention of organizations worldwide. Despite this growing interest, data warehouse development remains one of the riskiest IT projects an organization can undertake.

Data warehousing has captured the attention of organizations worldwide. Despite this growing interest, data warehouse development remains one of the riskiest IT projects an organization can undertake.

Change is permanent in today's government and business environment, and the Ministry of Justice in Western Australia is not immune to this social phenomenon.

Change is permanent in today's government and business environment, and the Ministry of Justice in Western Australia is not immune to this social phenomenon.

Data warehousing is a process; it is something you do, not something you buy.

Data warehousing is a process; it is something you do, not something you buy.

Numerous surveys indicate that a high percentage of data warehouses fail to meet business objectives or are outright failures. What causes these failures?

Numerous surveys indicate that a high percentage of data warehouses fail to meet business objectives or are outright failures. What causes these failures?

My first introduction to data warehousing began with an invitation from IBM in late 1989 to look at a new development.

My first introduction to data warehousing began with an invitation from IBM in late 1989 to look at a new development.