The Zero-Delay Data Warehouse: Mobilizing Heterogeneous Databases

摘要

"Now is the time... for the real-time enterprise": In spite of this assertion from Gartner Group the heterogeneity of today's IT environments and the increasing demands from mobile users are major obstacles for the creation of this vision. Yet its technical foundation is available: software architectures based on innovative middleware components that offer a level of abstraction superior to conventional middleware solutions, including distributed transactions and the seamless integration of mobile devices using open standards, crossing the borders between heterogeneous platforms and systems. Space based computing is a new middleware paradigm meeting these demands. As an example we present the real time build-up of data warehouses.