There's been a lot of talk at data warehousing conferences and in the press (and by the extraction, transformation, and loading [ETL] tool vendors) about the need to update and refresh data warehouses in real time. In practice, however, few organizations are currently conducting real-time (or near real-time) data warehouse updates and refreshments.
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