Building the Operational Data Store

by William H. Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, Greg Battas

Everything you need to know about building, using, managing, and getting the most out of an operational data store . "... the combination of the Operational Data Store along with the data warehouse 'flesh out' the modern information architecture of systems. Together these two architectural combine...to form a complete picture of modern systems architecture. " W. H. Inmon . The operational data store is a dynamic architectural construct specifically designed for doing high-speed, integrated operational processing. It achieves at the operational level what the data warehouse does at the strategic/managerial level. Now, from a team of experts headed by W. H. Inmon, the "father of the data warehouse," here is the first comprehensive guide to understanding, building, and using operational data stores. Providing in-depth coverage of all practical and theoretical issues surrounding the operational data store, it tells

Genres: Architecture

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1995

About the author

William H. Inmon is an American computer scientist, recognized by many as the father of the data warehouse. Inmon wrote the first book, held the first conference (with Arnie Barnett), wrote the first column in a magazine and was the first to offer classes in data warehousing. Inmon created the accepted definition of what a data warehouse is - a subject-oriented, non-volatile, integrated, time-variant collection of data in support of management's decisions. Compared with the approach of the other pioneering architect of data warehousing, Ralph Kimball, Inmon's approach is often characterized as a top-down approach.

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