Improving data delivery is a top priority in business computing today. This comprehensive, cutting-edge guide can helpÑby showing you how to effectively integrate data mining and other powerful data warehousing technologies. You'll learn how to evaluate various data warehousing solutions (including SMP and MPP, parallel database management systems, metadata, OLAP, etc.) and how to leverage your data warehousing utility via the Internet, client/server computing, and various data mining tools. YouÕll also learn how to compare different data mining technologies and products, and understand how they fit into your overall business and data processes. Intended for IS professionals as well as strategic planners, this fascinating book should serve as the essential reference to the standards, tools, technologiesÑand possibilitiesÑof data warehousing today.