David Marco Bücher

In an effort to help database personnel manage the deluge of data generated by today's enterprise organizations, Microsoft, Oracle, and other software vendors have spent millions developing metadata repositories. But repositories are large and complex, and developers need all the guidance they can get on developing, deploying, and managing them. Written by a well-known columnist for DM Review, this book gives it to them. This vendor-neutral guide provides coverage of metadata sources, standards, and architecture.

This book takes a unique approach to the problems faced by data warehouse professionals. The author and the contributors have gathered over 90 situations that they have been asked about in their seminars and presentations, that they have faced in their own work, and that have been submitted to the very popular "Ask the Experts" forum at DMReview . These are all real situations, but they have been disguised to protect the guilty. Topics covered include staffing, budgeting, security, vendors, architecture, and data quality. Each of the "impossible" situations will have one or more solutions contributed by the expert panel. Their different answers and viewpoints, especially when they disagree with one another, provide enlightening reading, as well as useful ideas. This approach should appeal to a broad range of people involved in all aspects of Data Warehouses.