DocumentCode
1525396
Title
Evaluating data warehouse toolkits
Author
Oates, Joe
Author_Institution
Application Building Blocks, USA
Volume
15
Issue
1
fYear
1998
Firstpage
52
Lastpage
54
Abstract
Historically, building a data warehouse has been a risky proposition. According to the Gartner Group and similar sources, the failure rate for data warehouse projects runs as high as 60 percent. The dilemma facing businesses today is this: although implementing an enterprise-wide database is risky, an organization that does so gains a significant business advantage over competitors who do not have data warehouse capability or who continue to rely on localized, group-specific data marts. The author discusses the evaluation of data warehouse toolkits and considers critical toolkit components
Keywords
business data processing; programming environments; software development management; software tools; very large databases; Gartner Group; business; business advantage; data marts; data warehouse toolkit evaluation; enterprise-wide database; organization; project failure rate; Buildings; Calendars; Costs; Data mining; Data warehouses; Databases; Electrical equipment industry; Investments; Programming; Spirals;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/52.646882
Filename
646882
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