Product Description: Data warehouses have evolved to cope with the huge volumes of data flowing through the workplace by separating the data used for reporting and decision making from the operational systems. The purpose of the data warehouse is simply to store the raw data, and in combination with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services, this data can be transformed into accessible information that reflects the real factors affecting the enterprise...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Java has evolved into a robust, high performance programming language that is well suited to a range of different environments, be it on a middle tier Application Server or a client browser. Regardless of the architecture of your application you are using, it will almost certainly need to make use of data that is stored in some form of database...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Amazon.com Review: Written for those who work with databases on the SQL Server 7 platform, Professional Data Warehousing with SQL Server 7.0 and OLAP Services gives you what you need to implement a data warehouse successfully. This hands-on tutorial exploits the built-in capabilities of various Microsoft tools...read more