Hosted Data Warehousing

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Chapter 2 briefly discusses the topic of hosted data warehousing. This is a site on Dunn Solutions Group's hosted data warehousing platform. This BI solution helps companies eliminate large capital expenditures for software and hardware, shortens long deployment cycles and significantly reduces the companies reliance on IT resources for implementation and maintenance. Their hosted data warehouse platform includes: professional ETL tool, dedicated database server, database backup, custom data warehouse database design, universe, reports and ETL scripts, web-based ad hoc reporting, interactive dynamic dashboards, tech support for the technical platform and custom solution, and future enhancements and additions to the solution. The site also lists the number of benefits of Dunn's hosted solution: no hardware or software to purchase, fast implemtantion-complete BI capabilities in weeks, professional management and maintenance, improved reliability and security, and lower entry cost with pay-as-you-go software and services. While data warehousing in general can be very beneficial for many companies, hosted data warehousing can provide an even easier solution. Companies still get the advantages of data warehousing without the hassle and cost of implementing and constantly maintaining the software. Dunn Solutions Group is one of many providers or this useful BI service.