Data warehousing is the process of extracting data from different databases and creating a store house of data that is specifically structured for querying and reporting. Data warehousing process includes coordination, planning, designing and periodic copying/extracting of data from various sources, both inside and outside the enterprise, into another database that is optimized for analyzing and information processing.
Developing a data warehouse first starts with developing a system to extract data from different platforms/operating systems and ends with installation of a database warehousing system.
Data warehousing offers flexibility to managers to access the data using queries. This easy access to complicated data enables effective business analysis and business forecasting, which in turn provides great insight on various trends and supports in faster and better decision making.
Data Warehousing services at Steps Technologies
We undertake extensive discussion with all levels of the business administration and analyze the requirements of the business. Understanding the requirement forms the base for effective structuring or architecture and design of the data warehouse and undertake analysis, transformation and loading of data into the data warehouse. We then follow it till the physical execution of the design and implementation of the data structure.
Our data warehousing services include:
- Data Warehouse Design
- Data Warehouse Application Integration
- Data Warehouse Development
- Automating Data management Process
- Data Warehouse Maintenance
- Populating Data Warehouse
- Data Migration
- Needs Assessment
- Data Marts
- Technical Architecture
- Data Mining
- Prototype Definition and Data Modeling
- Data Analysis
- Report Generation
- Data Auditing
- Implementation
- Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL)
- Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
- Project Management
- Data Cleansing an Conversion
We understand that the primary concept of data warehousing is separating of data required for business analysis from operational data and storing it for quick retrieval for effective assessment. We at Steps ensure that the data warehousing data is independent for transaction processing system data and that access is provide to only authorized person who system data and that access is provide to only authorized person who need to query and report, enabling safety and security of both databases.
Our professional have extensive knowledge on project management, product management, data analysis, data analysis, data modeling, database administration, extract transform load (ETL) tools, data auditing, online analytical processing (OLAP) technologies, structured query languages (SQL).
We have expertise in the following data warehousing and database tools:
- Informatica, Alphabolx, Hyperion/Essbase, CGI, Lotus Notes, Power Builder, Concurrent Versions System, Tool Command Language /TK, UNIX, Java, Javascript, Perl, C/C++
- Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL, MySQL, IMS, DB2 Cubes, MS Access and RPG
What is the difference between data warehousing and data mining?
Data warehousing is the process of copying/extracting data from different databases and structuring a store house of data that can be used effectively for generating specific reports. Whereas, data mining is the process of analyzing the data from databases or data warehouse using queries and generating trends or observations that assists in taking stock of the current situation and planning future strategies.
