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Bitemporal data has always been important. But it was not until 2011 that the ISO released a SQL standard that supported it. Currently, among major DBMS vendors, Oracle, IBM and Teradata now provide at least some bitemporal functionality in their flagship products. But to use these products effectively, someone in your IT organization needs to know more than how to code bitemporal SQL statements. Perhaps, in your organization, that person is you. To correctly interpret business requests for te...

Time series data analysis is increasingly important due to the massive production of such data through the internet of things, the digitalization of healthcare, and the rise of smart cities. As continuous monitoring and data collection become more common, the need for competent time series analysis with both statistical and machine learning techniques will increase. Covering innovations in time series data analysis and use cases from the real world, this practical guide will help you solve the...

Capturing and analyzing data about customers, products, and the market is essential to staying competitive. Microsoft SQL Server is a leading database tool, and with its ease of use and low total ownership cost, you can customize it to meet your ever-changing business needs. SQL Server 2005 has many enhanced tools that fall into three main categories: data management, developer tools, and business intelligence. SQL Server 2005 for Developers teaches you how to leverage these new tools by coverin...

DESCRIPTION The massive datasets required for most modern businesses are too large to safely store and efficiently process on a single server. Hadoop is an open source data processing framework that provides a distributed file system that can manage data stored across clusters of servers and implements the MapReduce data processing model so that users can effectively query and utilize big data. The new Hadoop 2.0 is a stable, enterprise-ready platform supported by a rich ecosystem of tools...

Data warehousing and online analysis technologies have shown their effectiveness in managing and analyzing a large amount of disparate data, attracting much attention from numerous research communities. ""Data Warehousing Design and Advanced Engineering Applications: Methods for Complex Construction"" covers the complete process of analyzing data to extract, transform, load, and manage the essential components of a data warehousing system. A defining collection of field discoveries, this advance...

Oracle 10g Developing Media Rich Applications is focused squarely on database administrators and programmers as the foundation of multimedia database applications. With the release of Oracle8 Database in 1997, Oracle became the first commercial database with integrated multimedia technology for application developers. Since that time, Oracle has enhanced and extended these features to include native support for image, audio, video and streaming media storage; indexing, retrieval and processing i...

Explore the latest Azure ETL techniques both on-premises and in the cloud using Azure services such as SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Azure Data Factory, and Azure DatabricksKey FeaturesUnderstand the key components of an ETL solution using Azure Integration ServicesDiscover the common and not-so-common challenges faced while creating modern and scalable ETL solutionsProgram and extend your packages to develop efficient data integration and data transformation solutionsBook DescriptionE...

"If you are looking for a complete treatment of business intelligence, then go no further than this book. Larissa T. Moss and Shaku Atre have covered all the bases in a cohesive and logical order, making it easy for the reader to follow their line of thought. From early design to ETL to physical database design, the book ties together all the components of business intelligence."--Bill Inmon, Inmon EnterprisesBusiness Intelligence Roadmap is a visual guide to developing an effective business int...

Many commercial DBMS vendors are realizing the growing importance of query processing of mobile databases. Balancing in-depth theoretical and practical information, Mobile Database Query Processing addresses this demand by helping readers learn the complete three-phase mobile database query processing system (on-demand query processing, data broadcasting and caching) and experience it by using real wireless environment PDA's and mobile query programming. Featuring a wealth of case studies that...

Construct a robust end-to-end solution for analyzing and visualizing streaming data Real-time analytics is the hottest topic in data analytics today. In Real-Time Analytics: Techniques to Analyze and Visualize Streaming Data, expert Byron Ellis teaches data analysts technologies to build an effective real-time analytics platform. This platform can then be used to make sense of the constantly changing data that is beginning to outpace traditional batch-based analysis platforms. The author is amon...

Data Warehousing is designed to serve as a textbook for students of Computer Science & Engineering (BE/Btech), computer applications (BCA/MCA) and computer science (B.Sc) for an introductory course on Data Warehousing. It provides a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of Data Warehousing and aims to impart a sound knowledge to users for creating and managing a Data Warehouse. The book introduces the various features and architecture of a Data Warehouse followed by a detailed study of th...

Today's databases can handle velocity, variety, and volume well beyond the traditional data warehouse, but the problems and architectures to handle them are not yet well-established. Drawing on years of experience in a wide variety of industries, Douglas Moore and Jeffrey Breen identify common big data patterns and guide users through solving tough problems that are well defined in the more traditional data warehouse space. This book is an essential resource as you plan for the entire data lifec...

Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that can transform the way you use data. This book explains in comprehensive and user-friendly detail how to manage, make sense of, explore and share data, giving scientists at all levels the skills they need to maximize the usefulness of their data. Readers will learn how to use Excel to: * Build a dataset - how to handle variables and notes, rearrangements and edits to data. * Check datasets - dealing with typographic errors, data validation and numerica...

Microsoft Certified Professional Exam 70-217 measures ability to install, configure, and maintain Active Directory Services in Windows 2000. With Readiness Review, certification candidates can sharpen their test-taking skills, save valuable time and money, and build their confidence for the real exam with the help of this exclusive MCP exam simulation on CD-ROM. The Readiness Review electronic assessment tool delivers randomly generated, 60-question practice tests covering actual MCP exam object...