The purists’ view is: a data warehouse integrates and stores data sourced from operational systems. In other words, a data warehouse does not create new data: it only combines and repackages data created elsewhere for analysis. But anyone who has ever designed and built a data warehouse would tell you that if you take the [...]
I recently came across a use case that clearly demonstrates why business applications, MDM and data governance are on a collision course. And, following my blog from last week, this is also where data and business process intersect. A major healthcare provider had just implemented a new billing system, then belatedly realized that the new [...]
