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	August 11, 2008 (updated August 21, 2008) Really Urgent Analytics: The Sweet Spot For Real-Time Data Warehousing by James G. Kobielus with Rob Karel, Boris Evelson, Sara Burnes	Average: 10  (3 ratings)

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Executive Summary

While information and knowledge management (I&KM) professionals occasionally demonstrate returns on their real-time data warehousing investments, most business intelligence (BI) architectures continue to rely on enterprise data warehouses (EDWs) as an aggregation point for historical data loaded in batch from operational repositories. Early adopters aside, I&KM professionals are increasingly rethinking their EDW architectures to optimize their infrastructures for real-time applications. Often they add real-time support, leveraging short batch windows, trickle-feed loading, changed data capture, and other ETL-acceleration approaches. Alternatively, I&KM pros may rely on architectural approaches like operational data stores, event stream processing, data federation, and information fabric, approaches that either supplement the EDW or bypass it altogether. These real-time approaches offer compelling strengths and perilous weaknesses, so I&KM professionals must do their homework if their goal is to design a more flexible EDW to support really urgent analytics.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Your Business Is Fueled By Fast Analytics
• Traditional EDWs Support Real-Time BI, But Not Always Optimally
• For Really Urgent Analytics, Consider Various Approaches

RECOMMENDATIONS

• Take A Business-Driven Approach To Real-Time Analytics

WHAT IT MEANS

• Consider The Incremental Cost For Real-Time Analytics
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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