DW 2.0: The Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing (Morgan Kaufman Series in Data Management Systems)

This book builds on the author's work implementing technology and architecture for the next generation data warehouse, DW 2.0. DW 2.0 is the first new defined architecture for the data warehouse in 20 years, and helps to solve many problems in industry: analysis of unstructured data (data not in relational databases), the handling of ever increasing large volumes of data, the use of both technical and business metadata, and the flexibility needed for today's ever-changing business requirements. Although there is lots of buzz about this in the industry and Bill Inmon has done a good job with the laying the foundation: with articles, conference talks, and consulting and teaching, there is no book on this subject. And he is just the right person to do it: the father of the data warehouse and DW 2.0.