Data Ware Housing And The Web

Web

-Enabled Data Warehouse

Why

The Web?
Of Technologies

Convergence The

Web As A Data Source

Web Enabled Data Warehouse

A web

enabled data warehouse uses the Web for information delivery and collaboration among users.

As

time passes by more data warehouses are connected to the web which means increase in access to data .

 Why
It

web enabled data warehousing?

is true that even before connecting to web we can give access to data to multiple users but with difficulty and communication costs. with the help of web it is a lot easier to add more users. the communication infrastructure is already here because all the users will have a web browser .

But

Plus

No

additional client software required.

Why the web?

Tremendous

source of information Users find data content useful and interesting. It might be the internal users , customers or business partners already use the web frequently. They know how to get connected. The web is everywhere. Its available 24*7. The only client software needed is the web browser and almost every one from young to old know how to launch and use a browser.

How do we connect warehouse to the web?

There are three information delivery mechanisms that are adopted based on web technology. Internet
It

provides low cost transmission of information.

can exchange information with anyone within or outside the company because the information is transmitted over the public networks .

you

Intranet

This

concept of a private network has gripped the corporate world.

Intranet is a private computer network based on the data communication standard of public internet. applications posting information over the intranet all reside within the firewall and hence secured.

An

The

Extranet

An

extranet is not completely open like the internet nor it is restricted just for the internal use like an Intranet. From your intranet in addition to looking inward and downward you could look outward to your customers , suppliers , and business partners.

Convergence of Technologies
There

is no getting away from the fact that web Technology and data warehousing have converged and the bond is only getting stronger. The web is more significant than the data warehouse as web has already pegged the expectations of the users at a high level.

Some of the expectations promoted by web that are now expected to be adopted by Data warehouses as well: Fast response Extremely easy to use Up 24*7 Content more up to date Expectation to connect to anywhere

The Web As A Data Source

Arrangement of components for data selection and extraction from the web

When we talk about Web enabling the data warehouse the only thing that comes to mind is the use of web technology as an information delivery mechanism. Information content on the web is fragmented. We need to build a special search and extract system to pick up what is relevant for our data warehouse. Before extraction we need to verify the accuracy of the source data because the data found on the web cannot be assumed to be accurate

Applications Of Data Warehouse

Call record analysis Agriculture Prediction for Telecom subscribers, Credit Card users etc. Decision support Financial forecasting Insurance fraud analysis Logistics and Inventory management Trend analysis