- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Creating an Information Ecosystem
- Chapter 2: Introducing the Corporate Information Factory
- Data in the Corporate Information Factory
- Variations to the Corporate Information Factory
- Operational Processing and DSS Processing
- Reporting in the Corporate Information Factory
- Corporate Information Factory Users
- Centralized or Distributed?
- Data Modeling and the Corporate Information Factory
- Migrating to the Corporate Information Factory
- Structuring Data in the Corporate Information Factory
- Summary
- Chapter 3: The External World Component
- Chapter 4: The Applications Component
- Chapter 5: The Integration and Transformation Layer Component
- Chapter 6: The Operational Data Store Component
- Chapter 7: The Data Warehouse Component
- Chapter 8: The Data Mart Component
- Chapter 9: The Exploration and Data Mining Data Warehouse Components
- Chapter 10: The Alternative Storage Component
- Chapter 11: The Internet/Intranet Components
- Chapter 12: The Metadata Component
- Chapter 13: The Decision Support Capabilities
- Chapter 14: Variations to the Corporate Information Factory
- Chapter 15: Building the Corporate Information Factory
- Chapter 16: Managing the Corporate Information Factory
- Ongoing Management—Applications
- Ongoing Management—The Integration and Transformation Layer
- Ongoing Management—The Operational Data Store
- Ongoing Management—The Data Warehouse
- Ongoing Management—The Data Mart
- Ongoing Management—Internet and Intranet
- Monitoring the Corporate Information Factory
- Security within the Corporate Information Factory
- Archival Processing
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Multiple Data Warehouses across a Large Enterprise
- Appendix A CIF Architecture Guidelines
- Glossary
- Recommended Reading
- Index
- Footnote