Information Management Strategies for Gaining a Competitive Advantage with Data William McKnight The Savvy Manager’s Guide Table of Contents Cover image Title page Copyright Foreword In praise of Information Management Preface Chapter One. You’re in the Business of Information An Architecture for Information Success The Glue is Architecture Workload Success Information in Action Judgment Still Necessary Chapter Two. Relational Theory In Practice Relational Theory Multidimensional Databases RDBMS Platforms Action Plan Chapter Three. You’re in the Business of Analytics What Distinguishes Analytics? Predictive Analytics Building Predictive Analytic Models Analytics and Information Architecture Analytics Requires Analysts Action Plan Chapter Four. Data Quality: Passing the Standard Data Quality Defect Categories Sources of Poor Data Quality Cures for Poor Data Quality Action Plan Chapter Five. Columnar Databases Columnar Operation Compression Workloads Workload Examples Columnar Conclusions Action Plan Chapter Six. Data Warehouses and Appliances Data Warehousing The Data Warehouse Appliance Data Appliances and the Use of Memory Action Plan Chapter Seven. Master Data Management: One Chapter Here, but Ramifications Everywhere MDM Justification A Subject-Area Culture Mastering Data The Architecture of MDM MDM Governance Data Quality and MDM MDM Roles and Responsibilities MDM Technology Action Items Chapter Eight. Data Stream Processing: When Storing the Data Happens Later Uses of Data Stream Processing Data Stream Processing Brings Power Stream SQL Extensions In Conclusion Action Plan References Chapter Nine. Data Virtualization: The Perpetual Short-Term Solution The History of Data Virtualization Controlling Your Information Asset Action Plan Reference Chapter Ten. Operational Big Data: Key-Value, Document, and Column Stores: Hash Tables Reborn When to Yes NoSQL NoSQL Attributes NoSQL Categorization Key-Value Stores Document Stores Column Stores NoSQL Solution Checklist Action Plan Chapter Eleven. Analytical Big Data: Hadoop: Analytics at Scale Big Data for Hadoop Hadoop Defined Hadoop Distributed File System MapReduce for Hadoop Failover Hadoop Distributions Supporting Tools Hadoop Challenges Hadoop is Not Summary Action Plan Chapter Twelve. Graph Databases: When Relationships are the Data Terms Structure Centrality Analysis Cypher, a Graph Database Language Graph Database Models Action Plan Chapter Thirteen. Cloud Computing: On-Demand Elasticity Defining Cloud Computing Benefits of the Cloud Challenges with the Cloud Cloud Deployment Models Information Management in the Cloud Action Plan Chapter Fourteen. An Elegant Architecture Where Information Flows The Starting Point Plenty of Work to be Done Information Management Maturity Leadership Action Plan Chapter Fifteen. Modern Business Intelligence—Collaboration, Mobile, and Self-Service: Organizing the Discussion and Tethering the User to Information The Mobile Revolution Mobile Business Intelligence Self-Service Business Intelligence Collaborative Business Intelligence Action Plan Chapter Sixteen. Agile Practices for Information Management Traditional Waterfall Methodology Agile Approaches SCRUM SCRUM and Methodology Themes Action Plan Chapter Seventeen. 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