Could you please tell me how I can shape my career in data warehousing and what I need to learn more to achieve my targets?

Question: I have about eight years of experience on the Oracle platform. I had been working on Oracle database development assignments and have good knowledge of data warehousing concepts. I am comfortable with Informatica. Could you please tell me how I can shape my career in data warehousing and what I need to learn more to achieve my targets? Basically I feel lost with all the tools and technologies, please guide me.

Larissa Moss' Answer: The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) is offering training and certification for a Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP). TDWI's training courses cover all aspects of data warehousing and business intelligence. Check their conferences, seminar schedules and CBIP on www.tdwi.org.

Larissa Moss is founder and president of Method Focus Inc., a company specializing in improving the quality of business information systems. She has more than 20 years of IT experience with information asset management. Moss is coauthor of three books: Data Warehouse Project Management (Addison-Wesley, 2000), Impossible Data Warehouse Situations (Addison-Wesley, 2002) and Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Project Lifecycle for Decision- Support Applications (Addison-Wesley, 2003). Moss can be reached at methodfocus@earthlink.net.

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