Books

The staff of Balanced Insight have written several articles and books in the area of BI Competency Centers, BI Requirements Gathering, BI Architecture, Data Warehousing Architecture, and Performance Management. Our best-selling books are recognized worldwide for their specific, practical techniques.


Data Warehousing: Building the Corporate Knowledge Base
This book, written by Tom Hammergren, is one of the first books to offer documented techniques for delving into the complete lifecycle required to successfully deliver a data mart or a data warehouse - including aspects of project management, data architecture, application architecture, load process development, database administration techniques, and more. This book provides unique advanced Information Packaging techniques and frameworks for optimal communication between end users and delivery teams. By aligning closely with the business requirements of the end users, the methods discussed in this practical guide will offer information systems professionals a much needed standard for delivering "business intelligence" in a more effective fashion than ever before.


Within the book, 20-25 sample data mart architectures are illustrated to enable a quick start construction of your business intelligence solutions.

 


Official Sybase® Data Warehousing on the Internet
This book, written by Tom Hammergren, was the first published material describing how to provide business intelligence solutions over the internet. The book provides insight on how to develop a system to provide quality information quickly - to the right people - without compromising on corporate security. This companion title to Data Warehousing: Building the Corporate Knowledgebase provides a practical approach with code-level examples for delivering true business value within the data warehouse - linking content to employees, shareholders, customers, and suppliers over the internet, intranet, and extranets.