Article | REF: H3870 V1

Data warehouses

Authors: Claude CHRISMENT, Geneviève PUJOLLE, Franck RAVAT, Olivier TESTE, Gilles ZURFLUH

Publication date: February 10, 2005, Review date: April 28, 2016 | Lire en français

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    1. Business intelligence databases

    As the economy becomes increasingly globalized, companies need high-performance information systems to manage and steer their business. Decision-makers, whatever their level of responsibility, need to be able to access the information they need as quickly as possible. Data warehouses attempt to meet this need.

    1.1 Databases and information systems

    Within a company, databases contain the information required for its management applications: sales data, personnel management data and production management data. These databases, known as production databases, have been designed and implemented by IT specialists to meet the needs of transactional applications (payroll, inventory management, invoicing, etc.).

    But production databases, even...

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