This book delivers what every data warehousing project participant needs most: a thorough overview of today's best solutions, and a reliable step-by-step process for building warehouses that meet their objectives. It answers key questions asked by everyone involved in a data warehouse initiative. And, with over 75 figures, it doesn't just tell you how to get the job done: it shows you. Walk through migration strategies and scenarios, including 12 key implementation steps. Review crucial management and support issues, including techniques for problem resolution, capacity planning, security, and backup. Discover state-of-the-art schema design and metadata development techniques. Choose optimal hardware, software, and platforms--and evolve your data warehouse as new technologies mature. Preview metadata interchange standards and tomorrow's Web-based solutions. Whatever your data warehousing goals, this book can help you achieve them faster and at lower cost. A part of the Enterprise Computing Institute Series.