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Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems
Revolutionizing Data Integration for Data Warehouses
1st Edition - July 25, 2012
Author: Rick van der Lans
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:9780123944252
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eBook ISBN:9780123978172
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Data virtualization can help you accomplish your goals with more flexibility and agility. Learn what it is and how and why it should be used with Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems. In this book, expert author Rick van der Lans explains how data virtualization servers work, what techniques to use to optimize access to various data sources and how these products can be applied in different projects. You’ll learn the difference is between this new form of data integration and older forms, such as ETL and replication, and gain a clear understanding of how data virtualization really works. Data Virtualization for Business Intelligence Systems outlines the advantages and disadvantages of data virtualization and illustrates how data virtualization should be applied in data warehouse environments. You’ll come away with a comprehensive understanding of how data virtualization will make data warehouse environments more flexible and how it make developing operational BI applications easier. Van der Lans also describes the relationship between data virtualization and related topics, such as master data management, governance, and information management, so you come away with a big-picture understanding as well as all the practical know-how you need to virtualize your data.
First independent book on data virtualization that explains in a product-independent way how data virtualization technology works.
Illustrates concepts using examples developed with commercially available products.
Shows you how to solve common data integration challenges such as data quality, system interference, and overall performance by following practical guidelines on using data virtualization.
Apply data virtualization right away with three chapters full of practical implementation guidance.
Understand the big picture of data virtualization and its relationship with data governance and information management.
Dedication
Foreword
Preface
About the Author
Chapter 1. Introduction to Data Virtualization
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The World of Business Intelligence Is Changing
1.3 Introduction to Virtualization
1.4 What Is Data Virtualization?
1.5 Data Virtualization and Related Concepts
1.6 Definition of Data Virtualization
1.7 Technical Advantages of Data Virtualization
1.8 Different Implementations of Data Virtualization
1.9 Overview of Data Virtualization Servers
1.10 Open versus Closed Data Virtualization Servers
1.11 Other Forms of Data Integration
1.12 The Modules of a Data Virtualization Server
1.13 The History of Data Virtualization
1.14 The Sample Database: World Class Movies
1.15 Structure of This Book
Chapter 2. Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing
2.1 Introduction
2.2 What Is Business Intelligence?
2.3 Management Levels and Decision Making
2.4 Business Intelligence Systems
2.5 The Data Stores of a Business Intelligence System
2.6 Normalized Schemas, Star Schemas, and Snowflake Schemas
2.7 Data Transformation with Extract Transform Load, Extract Load Transform, and Replication
2.8 Overview of Business Intelligence Architectures
2.9 New Forms of Reporting and Analytics
2.10 Disadvantages of Classic Business Intelligence Systems
2.11 Summary
Chapter 3. Data Virtualization Server: The Building Blocks
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The High-Level Architecture of a Data Virtualization Server
3.3 Importing Source Tables and Defining Wrappers
3.4 Defining Virtual Tables and Mappings
3.5 Examples of Virtual Tables and Mappings
3.6 Virtual Tables and Data Modeling
3.7 Nesting Virtual Tables and Shared Specifications
3.8 Importing Nonrelational Data
3.9 Publishing Virtual Tables
3.10 The Internal Data Model
3.11 Updatable Virtual Tables and Transaction Management
Chapter 4. Data Virtualization Server: Management and Security
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Impact and Lineage Analysis
4.3 Synchronization of Source Tables, Wrapper Tables, and Virtual Tables
4.4 Security of Data: Authentication and Authorization
4.5 Monitoring, Management, and Administration
Chapter 5. Data Virtualization Server: Caching of Virtual Tables
5.1 Introduction
5.2 The Cache of a Virtual Table
5.3 When to Use Caching
5.4 Caches versus Data Marts
5.5 Where Is the Cache Kept?
5.6 Refreshing Caches
5.7 Full Refreshing, Incremental Refreshing, and Live Refreshing
5.8 Online Refreshing and Offline Refreshing
5.9 Cache Replication
Chapter 6. Data Virtualization Server: Query Optimization Techniques
6.1 Introduction
6.2 A Refresher Course on Query Optimization
6.3 The Ten Stages of Query Processing by a Data Virtualization Server
6.4 The Intelligence Level of the Data Stores
6.5 Optimization through Query Substitution
6.6 Optimization through Pushdown
6.7 Optimization through Query Expansion (Query Injection)
6.8 Optimization through Ship Joins
6.9 Optimization through Sort-Merge Joins
6.10 Optimization by Caching
6.11 Optimization and Statistical Data
6.12 Optimization through Hints
6.13 Optimization through SQL Override
6.14 Explaining the Processing Strategy
Chapter 7. Deploying Data Virtualization in Business Intelligence Systems
7.1 Introduction
7.2 A Business Intelligence System Based on Data Virtualization
7.3 Advantages of Deploying Data Virtualization
7.4 Disadvantages of Deploying Data Virtualization
7.5 Strategies for Adopting Data Virtualization
7.6 Application Areas of Data Virtualization
7.7 Myths on Data Virtualization
Chapter 8. Design Guidelines for Data Virtualization
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Incorrect Data and Data Quality
8.3 Complex and Irregular Data Structures
8.4 Implementing Transformations in Wrappers or Mappings
8.5 Analyzing Incorrect Data
8.6 Different Users and Different Definitions
8.7 Time Inconsistency of Data
8.8 Data Stores and Data Transmission
8.9 Retrieving Data from Production Systems
8.10 Joining Historical and Operational Data
8.11 Dealing with Organizational Changes
8.12 Archiving Data
Chapter 9. Data Virtualization and Service-Oriented Architecture
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Service-Oriented Architectures in a Nutshell
9.3 Basic Services, Composite Services, Business Process Services, and Data Services
9.4 Developing Data Services with a Data Virtualization Server
9.5 Developing Composite Services with a Data Virtualization Server
9.6 Services and the Internal Data Model
Chapter 10. Data Virtualization and Master Data Management
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Data Is a Critical Asset for Every Organization
10.3 The Need for a 360-Degree View of Business Objects
10.4 What Is Master Data?
10.5 What Is Master Data Management?
10.6 A Master Data Management System
10.7 Master Data Management for Integrating Data
10.8 Integrating Master Data Management and Data Virtualization
Chapter 11. Data Virtualization, Information Management, and Data Governance
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Impact of Data Virtualization on Information Modeling and Database Design
11.3 Impact of Data Virtualization on Data Profiling
11.4 Impact of Data Virtualization on Data Cleansing
11.5 Impact of Data Virtualization on Data Governance
Chapter 12. The Data Delivery Platform—A New Architecture for Business Intelligence Systems
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The Data Delivery Platform in a Nutshell
12.3 The Definition of the Data Delivery Platform
12.4 The Data Delivery Platform and Other Business Intelligence Architectures
12.5 The Requirements of the Data Delivery Platform
12.6 The Data Delivery Platform versus Data Virtualization
12.7 Explanation of the Name
12.8 A Personal Note
Chapter 13. The Future of Data Virtualization
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The Future of Data Virtualization According to Rick F. van der Lans
13.3 The Future of Data Virtualization According to David Besemer, CTO of Composite Software
13.4 The Future of Data Virtualization According to Alberto Pan, CTO of Denodo Technologies
13.5 The Future of Data Virtualization According to James Markarian, CTO of Informatica Corporation
Bibliography
Index
No. of pages: 296
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: July 25, 2012
Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
Paperback ISBN: 9780123944252
eBook ISBN: 9780123978172
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Rick van der Lans
Rick F. van der Lans is an independent consultant, author, and lecturer specializing in business intelligence, data warehousing, and database technology. He is the managing director of R20/Consultancy which is based in The Netherlands. Rick has advised many large companies worldwide on defining their data warehouse architectures. He is the chairman of the annual European BI and Data Warehousing Conference organized in London, he writes for B-eye-Network.com, BI-platform.nl, and for Database Magazine. He is the author of several books on database technology, including Introduction to SQL (Addison-Wesley, 2006), currently in its fourth edition.
Affiliations and expertise
Managing Director, R20/Consultancy
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