Turning data into information © Copyright IBM Corporation 2007 Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. 4.0.3 Unit objectives After completing this unit‚ you should be able to: Explain how Business and Data is correlated Discuss the concept of turning data into information Describe the relationships between DW‚ BI‚ and Data Insight Identify the components of a DW architecture Summarize the Insight requirements and goals of
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and Kimball’s definition of Data Warehousing. Bill Inmon advocates a top-down development approach that adapts traditional relational database tools to the development needs of an enterprise wide data warehouse. From this enterprise wide data store‚ individual departmental databases are developed to serve most decision support needs. Ralph Kimball‚ on the other hand‚ suggests a bottom-up approach that uses dimensional modeling‚ a data modeling approach unique to data warehousing. Rather than building
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Set Hike the play began and Will went out for the pass did a eight yard hitch‚ WOOF the ball left the QB’s hand and landed right in the hands of Will in the endzone. SCORE the touchdown is good. After the play and being congratulated he felt something vibrating in his pocket‚ so acting normal and all he grabbed his phone and realized it was his dad who rarely calls him the only reason would be if something went wrong and someone died or he just wanted to talk to him. When he answered the phone he
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Data migration • Data migration is the process of transferring data between storage types‚ formats‚ or computer systems. • Data migration is usually performed programmatically to achieve an automated migration‚ freeing up human resources from tedious tasks. • It is required when organizations or individuals change computer systems or upgrade to new systems. • To achieve an effective data migration procedure‚ data on the old system is mapped to the new system providing a design
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its simplest terms‚ the translation of data into a secret code. In order to read an encrypted file‚ the receiver of the file must obtain a secret key that will enable him to decrypt the file. A deeper look into cryptography‚ cryptanalysis‚ and the Data Encryption Standard (DES) will provide a better understanding of data encryption. Cryptographic Methods There are two standard methods of cryptography‚ asymmetric encryption and symmetric encryption. Data that is in its original form (unscrambled)
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Data mining Data mining is simply filtering through large amounts of raw data for useful information that gives businesses a competitive edge. This information is made up of meaningful patterns and trends that are already in the data but were previously unseen. The most popular tool used when mining is artificial intelligence (AI). AI technologies try to work the way the human brain works‚ by making intelligent guesses‚ learning by example‚ and using deductive reasoning. Some of the more popular
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GMB 713 PROBLEM SET NO. 2 PROBLEM SOLVING: Solve the following problems. Show all pertinent solutions. 1. A car battery dealer is trying to determine which of the brands of car battery he is selling has a longer life span. He conducted an investigation by interview his customers and was able to get the following results: Brand X Brand Y Mean life span 4.5 years 4.9 years Standard deviation
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ITE 221 – Project#1 – Data Representation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d11h6832%28v=VS.71%29.aspx Class library of the .NET Framework for Microsoft. 1. What is a data structure? A data structure is a related group of primitive data elements organized for some type of common processing and is defined and manipulated in software. 2. What is a library? A library contains resources for developing software. These resources could be pre-written code‚ subroutines‚ classes‚ values
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000041692______ mm 110 kilometers = _____110000_____ m = ____110000000________ mm 3.7 hectometers =____370_____ m =_____37000_______ cm 451‚000‚000 μm = ____.000451_____ m = ____.0000451_______ dam 2) Imagine a field is about 100 meters long. If you run a 5K race how many meters is it? Approximately how many “fields” does this equate to? 50 football fields 3) Measure the following objects. A) Your computer screen (in meters) Length______________ Width ______________ Area _______________
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stages are summarized below.(1) FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS The first level of formal economic integration is the establishment of free trade agreements (FTAs) or preferential trade agreements (PTAs). FTAs eliminate import tariffs as well as import quotas between signatory countries. These agreements can be limited to a few sectors or can encompass all aspects of international trade. FTAs can also include formal mechanisms to resolve trade disputes. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an
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