Between the high‎-level concepts of business intelligence and the nitty‎-gritty instructions for using vendors‎'‎ tools lies the essential‎,‎ yet poorly‎-understood layer of architecture‎,‎ design and process‎.‎ Without this knowledge‎,‎ Big Data is belittled ‎- projects flounder‎,‎ are late and go over budget‎.‎ Business Intelligence Guidebook‎:‎ From Data Integration to Analytics shines a bright light on an often neglected topic‎,‎ arming you with the knowledge you need to design rock‎-solid business intelligence and data integration processes‎.‎ Practicing consultant and adjunct BI professor Rick Sherman takes the guesswork out of creating systems that are cost‎-effective‎,‎ reusable and essential for transforming raw data into valuable information for business decision‎-makers‎.‎

After reading this book‎,‎ you will be able to design the overall architecture for functioning business intelligence systems with the supporting data warehousing and data‎-integration applications‎.‎ You will have the information you need to get a project launched‎,‎ developed‎,‎ managed an‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎