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data warehouse appliance upstart plays the green card

Heard today that the Dataupia Satori Server 12000 data warehouse appliance uses about 10 percent of the energy needed by a regular server designed for similar data warehousing applications. Likewise, it uses about half the energy that a SAN would need to store similar types of data. Or at least...

Tags: Card, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-03-03

Helped Save Reporting and Analysis Costs for IATA Through Centralized data warehouse

IATA wanted a system that would consolidate all the E-Ticketing information from various sources and generate specific reports that would show the compliance status and related information of each airline. Some of the major challenges faced by MindTree team were: non availability of reliable information on time, leading to delayed...

Tags: MindTree Consulting, Data Warehouse, Analysis, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Case studies 2008-01-24

Microsoft Deploying 10-Terabyte Enterprise data warehouse Using SQL Server 2008

Microsoft, with more than 60,000 employees worldwide, and with 2006 revenue exceeding U.S.$50 billion, generates a lot of internal data that the company wanted to centralize to provide it with a more integrated view of its customers. To fill this need, Microsoft IT is using the Microsoft Application Platform to...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Databases, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Data Management

Case studies 2008-01-01

Arab African International Bank Tracks Trends With data warehouse

Arab African International Bank (AAIB) wanted to measure profitability and performance of organizational units, products and individual accounts as well as expand product range to break through into retail market. The challenge was to enhance reporting and decision-making capabilities across branch network and satisfy regulatory requirements, managing risk and forecasting...

Tags: Bank, Data Warehouse, Oracle Corp., Decision-making, Business Intelligence, Banking, Tools & Techniques, Performance Management, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Financial Services, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware

Case studies 2008-01-01

Accessing a DB2 data warehouse Using DB Connect in SAP BI 7.0

The goal of this paper is to draw together all the steps needed to configure a Virtual Provider in SAP to access external DB2 data. SAP documentation covers most of the SAP-related configuration issues, so this paper duplicates some of the information in the SAP help documents. However, the SAP...

Tags: Data Warehouse, SAP AG, IBM DB2, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2007-12-20

A Brief Guide to Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

As more and more data is being created and converted to digital streams, businesses need a way to consolidate and harness all of it. That's where a data warehouse comes in. Once they've got all of that data connected, they need a way to tap into it for powerful reporting...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Hardware

Webcasts 2007-12-12

Momentum Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 2 of 3) - Expanding Business Intelligence Capabilities (Level 100)

The attendee of this webcast will learn about new features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 makes great strides in data warehousing, providing a comprehensive and scalable platform that lets organizations integrate data into the data warehouse faster and to scale and manage that data while delivering insight...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Data Warehouse, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Business Intelligence, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2007-12-06

MSDN Webcast: New T-SQL Programmability Features in SQL Server 2008 (Level 300)

This webcast on new T-SQL programmability features in Microsoft SQL Server 2008. It covers exciting new features such as new data types (i.e. date/time, filestream, HierarchyID, large UDT, sparse columns), dependency management for database objects, procedure programming (i.e. table value parameter), data warehousing enhancements (i.e. Merge data manipulation language (DML)...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server Transact-SQL, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Data Warehouse, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Databases, Business Intelligence, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

Webcasts 2007-12-04

Central Finland Health Care District Improves Decision Making and Performance With New data warehouse

The Central Finland Health Care District wanted to improve data quality to support decision making and strategic planning across the health care district and consolidate existing data sources, both internal and external, and enable easy and direct access for decision makers. The challenge was to manage and manipulate the massive...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Oracle Corp., Performance, Decision-making, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2007-12-01

TechRepublic Resource Guide: Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence

As more and more data is being created and converted to digital streams, businesses need a way to consolidate and harness all of it. That's where a data warehouse comes in. Once they've got all of that data connected, they need a way to tap into it for powerful reporting...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-11-01

Czech Telecommunications Operator Improves Decision Making With New data warehouse

Czech-based GTS Novera is a nationwide telecommunications operator. It launched in 2005 after the merger of GTS Czech and Aliatel. Following a period of merger activity, Czech telecommunications operator GTS Novera inherited a number of operating systems. It wanted to create a single data warehouse that was able to integrate...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Merger, Operator, Decision-making, Telecommunications, Microsoft Corp., Czech Telecommunications Operator, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Telephony, Storage, Databases, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Networking, Hardware

Case studies 2007-11-01

The Dynamic Warehousing Infrastructure: Establishing a Foundation to Meet New Information Requirements

Traditional data warehouses are increasingly being challenged by demands for real-time data access, analysis of structured and unstructured data, and the need to synchronize core customer and product information across operational systems to create a single view of the enterprise. These changes are the result of new business requirements to...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Warehousing, Information, Business Intelligence, Storage, Financial Planning, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Finance

White papers 2007-10-01

Winter Corporation Advances in data warehouse Performance

Every organisation produces huge volumes of data, but this leaves IT departments with twin challenges: improving the value they derive from all that data, while lowering costs at the same time.This paper examines how IBM's DB2 Warehouse solution can support high performance data access, offer real time data warehousing, and...

Tags: Data Warehouse, IBM Corp., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-25

IBM Balanced Warehouse Buyers' Guide - unlock the potential of data with the right data warehouse solution

Regardless of size or industry, every organization needs fast access to accurate, up-to-the-minute data. Yet many companies are unable to turn their data into actionable business insight.This IBM whitepaper looks at the value of an effective data warehouse solution, suggesting that significant competitive advantage can be gained through continuously managing...

Tags: Data Warehouse, IBM Corp., Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-25

The Green Revolution in Data Warehousing: The Power, Cooling and Footprint Advantages of the Netezza Analytic Appliance

The Netezza Performance Server (NPS) analytic appliance redefines energy efficiency in data warehousing, while providing cost-effective query performance beyond the reach of other systems. This paper examines the power crisis in the data center, and the environmental impact of general-purpose processor technology (web servers, email servers, OLTP servers, etc.). Today's...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Netezza, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Servers, Processors, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

White papers 2007-09-01

data warehouse Prototyping: Reducing Risk, Securing Commitment and Improving Project Governance

Prototype-and-iterate methodologies and tools are the best - and indeed the only known - means of achieving certain benefits. These include involving end-user organizations effectively in data, warehouse design building commitment and confidence in business, constituencies early in the project lifecycle accurately characterizing project time, cost and risk, and clearly...

Tags: Data Warehouse, WHERESCAPE, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-01

Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Solutions on Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell PowerVault Storage

This paper provides an architectural overview and configuration guidelines for deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development, testing and support with Microsoft, this Reference Configuration for SQL Server documents "best practices"...

Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, Data Warehouse, Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerVault, Microsoft SQL Server, Storage, Microsoft Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Business Intelligence, Databases, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-01

Choosing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for Data Warehousing

The warehousing of corporate data into an architecture from which it can all be accessed is no longer an option for midmarket and large companies that want to be successful. Consolidating the information so that it is readily accessible, and to give the team visibility for reporting, analytics, spot queries...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Data Warehouse, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Business Intelligence, Databases, Storage, Team Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Management

White papers 2007-08-01

Power*Architect (9)

A user-friendly data modeling tool created by data warehouse designers. Great for general purpose data modeling, plus it has many unique features geared specifically for the data warehouse architect. You can reverse-engineer existing databases, perform data profiling on source databases, and auto-generate ETL metadata. Supports multiple database platforms. Version 0.9.6...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Modeling, Research & Development, Storage, Business Intelligence, Databases, Business Operations, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2007-07-19

Mobile Devices Help Surveyors Deliver 100 Per Cent Accurate Property Reports to Clients

Inspection reports, which provide information about the building history of a property, can be created faster than ever. NB Real Estate has developed a Web-based form that connects to a small data warehouse on the device. Instead of long-winded, hand-written or typed paper reports, surveyors can now populate a form...

Tags: Data Warehouse, Mobile, GiveMePower Corp., Mobile Device, Business Intelligence, Advertising & Promotion, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware

Case studies 2007-06-01