The Economics of Enterprise Data Warehousing

How much for that data warehouse in the window? By and large, the cost of data warehousing has been falling nicely for the last half-decade. No longer must DW solutions cost millions of dollars. Nonetheless, to deploy an effective DW will still run you at least a couple hundred grand, all things considered, though alternative strategies can be used to lower significant line items. What are some of the more novel strategies for cost-effective deployment and maintainence of an enterprise data warehouse? Tune into this episode of DM Radio to find out! We'll speak with Jim Kobielus of Forrester Research, plus Jerry Held of Vertica, Bill Wong of IBM, John Thompson of Kognitio and Phil Francisco of Netezza. Attendees will learn: The financial value of a column-oriented database approach; How Software-as-a-Service can be used to lower costs; Where data warehouse appliances fit into the mix; How recent developments like Oracle's Exadata will change the landscape; What the Cloud can do for data warehousing.