White Paper of the Month Synopsis: Is your Data Warehouse an Asset or a Liability?

摘要

The DW is the heart of your Business Intelligence solution. Historically, they have been difficult to build and expensive to own. Can a next generation Configurable Data Warehousing technology turn your DW into a business asset? There's an often told story of a bank president who called a bomb expert to his office to inspect a suspicious-looking package he had received. After close inspection, the expert confirmed it was indeed what was feared; a bomb. "For $10,000, I'll defuse it," the expert said. "Ten grand!?" exclaimed the president. "It couldn't possible take that long to cut a couple of wires!" "I don't charge by the hour," he replied. "The $10,000 is for knowing which wire to cut."