References
White Papers:
Cubularity's Data Warehousing White Paper
How Data Warehousing and OLAP software support the analytic decision making
needs of Business Intelligence.
Interesting Links:
Analysis
Services 2000: Powerful and Accessible Analysis for Business
Together with SQL Server, Analysis Services offers everything needed to build
analysis applications, including integrated OLAP and data mining capabilities.
Find out about this integrated solution for business intelligence.
SQL
Server 2000 Analysis Services White Paper
Read this white paper from Datapro Information Services, a subsidiary of Gartner
Group, Inc., to learn about the features offered with Analysis Services, get an
overview of the PivotTable Service, and see how these tools stack up against the
competition.
SQL
Server 2000 Data Warehouse and OLAP Components
Visit MSDNŽ to explore the components offered with SQL
Server 2000. Find out how to use these features to transform online transaction
processing (OLTP) data into online analytical processing (OLAP) data and make
the OLAP information available to decision makers.
Designing
a Data Warehouse
The purpose of a data warehouse is to consolidate and organize data so it can be
analyzed and used to support business decisions. Before implementing a data
warehouse, careful planning is required.
Data
Warehousing and Online Analytical Processing
Read this MSDN article to learn more about the differences between online
transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP).
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