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Business Definition for: Data Warehouse

  • a collection of subject-orientated data collected over a period of time and stored on a computer to provide information in support of managerial decision making. A data warehouse contains a large volume of information selected from different sources, including operational systems and organizational databases, and brought together in a standard format to facilitate retrieval and analysis. Like EISs, data warehouses can be used to support decision making, but the ways in which they can be searched are not predetermined. Organizations often use data warehouses for marketing purposes, for example, the analysis of customer information, or for market segmentation. Data mining techniques are used to access the information in a data warehouse.
  • a database in which information is held not for operational purposes, but to assist in analytical tasks such as the identification of new market segments. Data warehouses provide a repository for historical data and collect, integrate, and organize data from unintegrated application systems. The data stored in a data warehouse almost certainly comes from the operational environment, but is always physically separate from it.

Wiktionary Definition for: Data Warehouse

  • # computing a collection of data, from a variety of sources, organized to provide useful guidance to an organization's decision makers

Additional Resources

Netezza Positioned in Visionary Quadrant in 2006 Data Warehouse Database Management Systems Magic Quadrant; Data Warehouse Appliance Vendor Also Positioned in Data Warehouse DBMS Server Magic Quadrant
FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Netezza, the global data warehouse appliance leader, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionary quadrant in the Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems, 2006 report(1). In addition, Netezza announced its positioning in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse DBMS...
Tags: data warehouse, Gartner Inc., Netezza, Quadrant
Research articles 2006-09-15
Power Analysis System Based On Data Warehouse
Data warehouse provides an effective way for analysis and statistic to the mass data, and helps to do the decision-making. The paper introduces the data warehouse and the online analysis process. According to the power management information system, the paper analyzes the power-oriented multidimensional database modeling and the presentation of...
Tags: Data Warehouse, Analysis, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
White papers 2006-05-05
Netezza Data Warehouse Appliance Helps CompuCredit Grow Its Business; Lending Giant Turns to Netezza to Redesign its Data Warehouse and Better Manage Rapid Customer Growth
BOSTON -- Netezza, the global data warehouse appliance leader, today announced that CompuCredit Corporation (NASDAQ:CCRT), a specialty finance company and marketer of branded credit cards and related financial services, has selected the Netezza data warehouse appliance to better manage rapid business growth. The Company chose the Netezza Performance ServerR (NPSR)...
Tags: data warehouse, Netezza
Research articles 2006-09-18
SAS Institute + Logic Works Partner To Deliver Data Warehouse Building Methodology
CARY, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 24, 1998--SAS Institute Inc., the world's largest privately held software company, today announced a technology integration agreement with Logic Works, Inc. For data warehouse developers, the agreement will provide a comprehensive guide to building the data warehouse, plus integrated data modeling, data warehouse building, and data...
Tags: data warehouse, SAS Institute
Research articles 1998-03-24
SPSS Named Among Top Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence Vendors; Leading Analytic Software Vendor Ranks No. 28 in Data Warehouse 100
CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 28, 1998--Once again confirming its analytical software leadership, SPSS Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSS) was named among the top 100 most influential data warehouse/business intelligence vendors. SPSS was ranked no. 28 in the Data Warehouse Top 100, a comprehensive market study in which DM Review readers rate the vendors of...
Tags: data warehouse, SPSS Inc.
Research articles 1998-09-28
Software AG Practices What It Preaches: First Software Vendor to Build Data Warehouse for Its Own Use; New Financial Data Warehouse Empowers Employees With Access to Dynamic Information for Business Analysis
RESTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--August 14, 1995--Software AG, the first and leading provider of data warehouse solutions, today announced that it has developed and implemented an internal financial data warehouse for all of its U.S. Operations. This Data Warehouse delivers timely information critical in tracking business patterns and trends and facilitates...
Tags: analysis, data warehouse, financial, Microsoft Access, software, Software AG
Research articles 1995-08-14
Software AG Announces Industry's First Data Warehouse Automation Product: SourcePoint Speeds Implementation and Maintenance of Data Warehouses Through Innovative Parallel Data Acquisition Technology
RESTON, Va--BUSINESS WIRE--July 12, 1995--Software AG, a leading provider of data warehouse solutions, today announced the shipping of SourcePoint, the industry's first product to automate the extraction, transport and population of a data warehouse delivering substantial time savings in the development and maintenance of a data warehouse. This savings...
Tags: data warehouse, Software AG, data acquisition, First Data Corp.
Research articles 1995-07-12
Advanced Visual Systems Inc. Selected In DM Review Magazine's 1999 Data Warehouse 100; Award Reinforces Premium Data Visualization Solutions Offered from AVS
WALTHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 26, 1999-- Advanced Visual Systems Inc. AVS, the premier global provider of data visualization technology, has again established itself as one of the top data warehouse vendors, according to DM Review Magazine's Data Warehouse 100 which can be viewed at (http://www.dmreview.com/awards/top100/). DM Review, the #1 business...
Tags: AVS, Databases, DM Review, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, Storage
Research articles 1999-10-26
Arbor Software and Red Brick integrate data warehouse with OLAP server; Essbase to serve as analytical data mart for Red Brick data warehouse
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 18, 1995--Arbor Software Corporation, the fastest growing provider of multidimensional database software for business planning analysis and management reporting, and Red Brick Systems, the leading provider of relational database products and service for data warehouse applications, today announced a cooperative effort to integrate Essbase as an analytical...
Tags: data mart, data warehouse, server
Research articles 1995-07-18
Software AG's Year-Old Open Data Warehouse Program Wins Its Second Award for Technology and Partnering Excellence; Software AG and the State of Minnesota Win Datamation's QUEST Award in Data Warehousing
RESTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 1995--Software AG, a dynamic leader in the growing data warehouse market, today announced that its Open Data Warehouse Program received a Datamation QUEST Award for Data Warehousing Quality and Excellence In Service and Training for its work with the State of Minnesota. This is the...
Tags: data warehouse, Software AG
Research articles 1995-12-04
Enterprise Data Warehouse - Definitive, Integrated And Consistent Version Of Business Data
The definition of an enterprise data warehouse is 'A collection of data that can be defined and shared across the whole enterprise along the lines of common dimensions to be used for analyses'. For the vast majority of small to mid sized companies, the enterprise data warehouse has seemed to...
Tags: Data Warehouse, Enterprise Data, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
White papers 2009-01-01
Caisse d'Epargne's Arpege IT Community chooses Sunopsis Data Conductor for loading its Enterprise Data Warehouse.
M2 PRESSWIRE-24 April 2006-Sunopsis: Caisse d'Epargne's Arpege IT Community chooses Sunopsis Data Conductor for loading its Enterprise Data WarehouseC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24042006 Arpege, one of the three "IT Communities" of the Caisse d'Epargne Group, a leading French bank, has chosen...
Tags: Sunopsis Inc.
Research articles 2006-04-24
From Data Warehouse To CRM, The Evolution Of Enterprise Customer Focus
As old as business itself, Customer Relationship Management CRM has grown to be a number one priority in corporations around the globe, primarily because of the growth of the Internet and Web. Central to the move toward a customer-centric enterprise is the data warehouse and today, many firms both large...
Tags: Data Warehouse, CRM, Business Intelligence, Storage, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Marketing
White papers 2006-06-21
Software AG Announces Collaborative Workshop to Prepare Organizations for Implementing Data Warehouses; Cost-Effective Workshop Ensures Data Warehouse Success While Minimizing Risk
RESTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 4, 1995--Software AG, a dynamic, award-winning leader in the growing data warehouse market, today announced its Data Warehouse Readiness Assessment Workshop DRAW, a collaborative, business-oriented workshop that provides companies with an assessment of in-house business readiness, technical capabilities and delivers a roadmap to successfully implement a data...
Tags: data warehouse, Software AG, workshop
Research articles 1995-12-04
Software AG's Open Data Warehouse Program Wins Its Third Award in Less Than Two Years; Software AG and the State of Minnesota Win DCI Excellence in Business Information Award
RESTON, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 14, 1996--Software AG, a dynamic leader in the growing data warehouse market, today announced that its Open Data Warehouse Program received DCI's Excellence in Business Information Award for its work with the State of Minnesota. This is the third award that the Open Data Warehouse Program has...
Tags: data warehouse, Software AG
Research articles 1996-02-14
MicroStrategy and Hannaford Bros. Co. selected as finalist for "Best Practices" Award by the Data Warehouse Institute; Web-based Data Warehouse application is honored
VIENNA, Va.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 6, 1996--MicroStrategy, the largest relational on-line analytical processing ROLAP vendor, Thursday announced that a Web-based data warehouse application developed using its DSS Webtm product, the industry's first ROLAP interface for the World Wide Web, was selected as a finalist as part of the 1996 Data Warehouse Institute's...
Tags: best practice, MicroStrategy Inc., Web
Research articles 1996-06-06
SAS INSTITUTE: First "Data Warehouse 100" says SAS Institute leads data warehouse software market.
M2 PRESSWIRE-2 September 1998-SAS INSTITUTE: First "Data Warehouse 100" says SAS Institute leads data warehouse/business intelligence software market C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:010998 According to a recent comprehensive readership study conducted by Market Perspectives, DM Review readers rated SAS Institute Inc....
Tags: Databases, DM Review, HARDWARE, SAS Institute, SOFTWARE, Storage
Research articles 1998-09-02
Method For User Oriented Modelling Of Data Warehouse Systems
This paper describes a method for data warehouse development. One critical success factor of data warehouse development is determining information requirements. Hence, the method focuses on gathering of requirements and information needs of the users first. An extended data warehouse architecture and a technique for decomposition of the system serve...
Tags: Data Warehouse, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
White papers 2006-04-04
Brio Technology Provides Edward Jones Global Access to Data Warehouse; BrioQuery Enterprise Gives Financial Leader Power of Data Warehouse via the World Wide Web
PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--July 30, 1996--Brio Technology, Inc., the leader in desktop decision support solutions for the data warehouse, today announced that Edward Jones, one of the leading firms in the financial-services industry, will use Brio's integrated query, reporting and analysis tool, BrioQuery Enterprise. BrioQuery Enterprise will allow Edward Jones...
Tags: data warehouse, financial, WWW
Research articles 1996-07-30
LAN Airlines Expands Its Teradata® Data Warehouse; Upgrade To Four Terabytes Increases Data Warehouse Usage to Maximize the Business Value of Information
SANTIAGO, Chile -- LAN Airlines recently signed an agreement with Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR), to expand its data warehouse to four terabytes in order to make the most of the company's information management. In addition, the agreement includes training on the latest TeradataR enterprise data warehouse platform.
Tags: data warehouse, LAN, Teradata
Research articles 2005-08-10
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