Handbook of Data Management (1999 ed)

This handbook provides practical guidance on the strategic, tactical and technical aspects of data management, offering an insight into how leading companies in various industries meet the challenges of moving to a data-sharing environment.

In doing this, the book covers: critical issues for developing an information strategy for distributed enterprises; the fundamentals in designing multi-dimensional databases; how a corporate data repository saves money; key questions to ask in evaluating a database replication solution; and the comparison of SINTRA to conventional database security.