World's Busiest Airports

The Airports Council International, which governs roughly 1,650 airports worldwide, released a preliminary list of the world's busiest airports (numbers 1 through 30) on Tuesday, and there were some surprises. Beijing came in #2 behind Atlanta-Hartsfield Airport; Chicago's O'Hare airport overtook London's Heathrow for the third spot.

201 Interview Questions: SAP Business Warehouse Information

201 Interview Questions: SAP Business Warehouse Information

Publisher: Genie Press | Pages: 156 | Date:2006-03-24 | ISBN 0977725103 | PDF | 8 MB 

 

Finding SAP talent has become more difficult and time consuming than ever before. Buzz words are everywhere, but don’t be fooled, a persons true understanding of the subject can be unlocked by using this guide. The book contains a wide variety of carefully worded questions that are designed to help you determine the best qualified candidates available today. The questions are concise and to the point, so are the answers; this allows the candidate to answer and provide the employer an in-depth understanding of whether the candidate can cut through the "fluff" and get the job done. This is not only for employers. This will allow consultants or analysts to better prepare for the dream job and set them apart from the crowd. Self confidence and knowledge are the two most common traits employers seek in potential candidates. This book allows you to refine both. Whether you are an analyst seeking a permanent position or a consultant looking for your next project, this book allows you to impress the future employer with a clear understanding and self confidence expected from a subject matter expert.

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Oracle Data Warehouse Tuning for 10g

Gavin JT Powell "Oracle Data Warehouse Tuning for 10g"
Digital Press | 2005-08-30 | ISBN: 1555583350 | 504 pages | PDF | 10,8 MB 

 

This book should satisfy those who want a different perspective than the official Oracle documentation. It will cover all important aspects of a data warehouse while giving the necessary examples to make the reading a lively experience."
- Tim Donar, Author and Systems Architect
for Enterprise Data Warehouses
Tuning a data warehouse database focuses on large
transactions, mostly requiring what is known as throughput. Throughput is the passing of large amounts of information through a server, network
and Internet environment, backwards and forwards, constantly! The ultimate objective of a data warehouse is the production of meaningful and useful reporting, from historical and archived data. The trick is to make the reports print within an acceptable time frame.
A data model contains tables and relationships between tables. Tuning a data model involves Normalization and Denormalization. Different approaches are required depending on the application, such as OLTP or a Data Warehouse. Inappropriate database design can make SQL code impossible to tune. Poor data modeling can have a most profound effect on database performance since all SQL code is constructed from the data model.
* Takes users beyond basics to critical issues in running most efficient data warehouse applications
* Illustrates how to keep data going in and out in the most productive way possible
* Focus is placed on Data Warehouse performance tuning

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Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse

Kevin McDonald, Andreas Wilmsmeier, David C. Dixon,
«Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse»
John Wiley & Sons | ISBN: 0471219711 | 2002 | PDF | 516 pages | 7.61 MB

Written by the leading experts in the field, this comprehensive guide shows you how to implement the SAP Business Information Warehouse (BW) and create useful applications for business analysis of company-wide data. You’ll quickly learn how to design, build, analyze, and administer the data and information in the SAP BW component. The authors present the material in a way that reflects the process an organization goes through during a software implementation. They begin with an introduction to the fundamentals of data warehousing and business intelligence, helping you determine if SAP BW is right for your organization. The book then focuses on the business content and options available when trying to deliver value from the data stored in the SAP BW. And it includes a methodology for implementing the BW, such as data modeling and techniques for capturing and transforming data.

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Building the Data Warehouse

W. H. Inmon, «Building the Data Warehouse»
John Wiley & Sons | ISBN: 0764599445 | 2005 | PDF | 576 pages | 11.9 MB

 

The most comprehensive introduction to the core concepts and methods of data warehousing.
Data warehouses provide a much-needed strategy for organizations to collect, store, and analyze vast amounts of business data. As businesses expand both brick-and-mortar and online activities, the field of data warehousing has become increasingly important. Since it was first published in 1990, W. H. Inmon's Building the Data Warehouse has been the bible of data warehousing— it is the book that launched the data warehousing industry and it remains the preeminent introduction to the subject. This new edition covers the latest developments with this technology, many of which have been pioneered by Inmon himself.

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Common Warehouse Metamodel Developer's Guide

John Poole, «Common Warehouse Metamodel Developer's Guide»
John Wiley & Sons | ISBN: 0471202436 | 2003 | PDF | 704 pages | 5.88 MB

The official guide on how to develop interoperable data warehouse and business intelligence applications from the authors of the CWM specification. This authoritative guide will show you how to develop interoperable data warehouse and business intelligence applications using the Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM) specification. It provides you with clear explanations of how to implement CWM solutions for meta data interchange within your software products and use CWM-enabled tools in the construction of a corporate data warehouse, information factory, or supply chain. You’ll find detailed descriptions of four models of data warehousing that greatly benefit from a standards-based approach to meta data integration.

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Warehouse Management: Automation and Organisation of Warehouse and Order Picking Systems

Michael ten Hompel, Thorsten Schmidt "Warehouse Management: Automation and Organisation of Warehouse and Order Picking Systems"
Springer | 2006-10-31 | ISBN: 354035218X | 356 pages | PDF | 3,6 MB

 

Modern warehouse and distribution systems constitute highly complex nodes within the value-added supply chain and have to meet a variety of requirements with regard to time, costs and quality. The efficient operation of such systems is a continuous challenge for anyone in charge. Recent developments of advanced computer-based control technologies have contributed to development of the necessary control and management systems called Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). Nevertheless, due to the high complexity, users often find it hard to handle WMS. The design, choice and operation of a WMS requires extensive know-how and experience because of the large variety of solutions and system requirements. This book gives an overview of possible solutions which help readers to make the right choice. It presents the background and potential, but also the risks and strategies to handle them. It sets the basis for comparisons for all those readers who are responsible for the evaluation and specification of warehouse management systems. Furthermore, it is meant as basic support for students and interested beginners. This book is based on practical knowledge without neglecting the basic context or assuming special technical knowledge. Some basic processes and technologies that are required for a better understanding are described in detail. System-developers will find some new ideas when problems and limits of current developments are discussed. New approaches with regard to the structure and design of WMS are presented.

Readers can expect a simple and well-documented explantion of WMS based on the open-source initiative myWMS. The software can be operated on a common PC independent of the platform and without any obligatory user login data. Thus, the operation, function and benefits of a WMS can be visualized.

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