11.   However, the concept of linking the data warehouse to corporate intranets is a fresh and exciting avenue to cash in on the vast potential of these technologies.

12.   It is a necessity to acquire the expertise required to properly plan andarchitect a successful data warehouse for your company.

13.   NCR and Microsoft will focus on delivering highly salable and available data warehousing solutions, as well as enterprise solutions that leverage and extend the central data warehouse.

14.   NCR Malaysia Sdn Bhd offers a complete suite of data warehousingconsulting services designed to assist clients in all phases ofunderstanding, designing, implementing and maintaining a data warehouse.

15.   The author, Rick Tanler, explores the guidelines for designing data warehouses that will work well with Web browsers on an intranet.

16.   The author addresses this problem by dispensing a framework and methodology for building as well as managing a data warehouse.

17.   The IBM business intelligence initiatives include data warehouse and data mart, integrated portfolio of business intelligence solutions, and business intelligence-ready servers.

18.   The second section provides a more in-depth technical discussion of the key issues that developers face when they implement a data warehouse over an intranet.

19.   This book also covers the Metis methodology which was developed by the author to distinctly plan, design, construct and operate a data warehouse.

20.   They were selected by Hewlett-Packard to maximise the value of the data warehouse.