Redefining Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) - The Imperative for Taking Your Data Warehousing Practice Enterprise-Wide from Informatica IThound

Redefining Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) - The Imperative for Taking Your Data Warehousing Practice Enterprise-Wide
by Informatica
Published:June 2007
Format: Portable Document Format (.pdf)
Length: 20 pages
Overview

Data warehousing was once a siloed activity dedicated to business intelligence and reporting at a departmental or business unit level; it rarely crossed departmental lines. Over the last five years, however, the brisk pace of change coupled with growing regulatory requirements has forced data warehousing into a mission-critical, operational role. During the same period, technologies have matured to a point where they can support these enterprise requirements.

Data warehousing, out of necessity, has evolved into a strategic, enterprise-wide initiative that supports multiple business applications. Leading organizations are now directing data warehousing activities using a set of standardized data integration technologies managed through an Integration Competency Center, or center of excellence, with an Enterprise Data Warehouse at the hub.

In this white paper, Informatica redefines Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) to address this new paradigm that mandates harnessing enterprise data to ensure competitive advantages and
operational excellence. The paper will discuss:
• Why EDW?
• What is EDW?
• What's different now?
• EDW architectural principles
• The Informatica approach
This paper specifically underscores core EDW requirements and capabilities, delineates key EDW architectural principles, and articulates the foundational role of a robust data integration solution in EDW deployments. Drawing from actual case studies, we also highlight the business benefits of our proposed approach to EDW. Finally, this paper demonstrates why, with the critical burden
now placed on the data warehouse, it is essential to deploy EDW using a proven data integration platform with a track record of success to lower implementation risks for EDW initiatives.

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