<P style="MARGIN: 0px">Design, Build, and Manage High-Value BI Solutions with SQL Server 2005</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">In this book, two of Microsoft&rsquo;s leading consultants illustrate how to use SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (BI) technologies to solve real-world problems in markets ranging from retail and finance to healthcare. Drawing on extensive personal experience with Microsoft&rsquo;s strategic customers, John C. Hancock and Roger Toren offer unprecedented insight into BI systems design and step-by-step best practices for implementation, deployment, and management. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Hancock and Toren introduce practical BI concepts and terminology and provide a concise primer on the Microsoft BI platform. Next, they turn to the heart of the book—constructing solutions. Each chapter-length case study begins with the customer&rsquo;s business goals, and then guides you through detailed data modeling. The case studies show how to avoid the pitfalls that derail many BI projects. You&rsquo;ll translate each model into a working system and learn how to deploy it into production, maintenance, and efficient operation. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Whether you&rsquo;re a decision-maker, architect, developer, or DBA, this book brings together all the knowledge you&rsquo;ll need to derive maximum business value from any BI project. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Leverage SQL Server 2005 databases, Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Build data warehouses and extend them to support very large databases</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Design effective Analysis Services databases</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Ensure the superior data quality your BI system needs </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Construct advanced enterprise scorecard applications</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Use data mining to segment customers, cross-sell, and increase the value of each transaction</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Design real-time BI applications</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> &bull; Get hands-on practice with SQL Server 2005&rsquo;s BI toolset</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"></P>