Data Architecture: A Primer for the Data Scientist

Today, the world is trying to create and educate data scientists because of the phenomenon of Big Data. And everyone is looking deeply into this technology. But no one is looking at the larger architectural picture of how Big Data needs to fit within the existing systems (data warehousing systems). Taking a look at the larger picture into which Big Data fits gives the data scientist the necessary context for how pieces of the puzzle should fit together. Most references on Big Data look at only one tiny part of a much larger whole. Until data gathered can be put into an existing framework or architecture it can't be used to its full potential. Data Architecture a Primer for the Data Scientist addresses the larger architectural picture of how Big Data fits with the existing information infrastructure, an essential topic for the data scientist.

Drawing upon years of practical experience and using numerous examples and an easy to understand framework. W.H. Inmon, and Daniel Linstedt define the importance of data architecture and how it can be used effectively to harness big data within existing systems. You'll be able to:

• Turn textual information into a form that can be analyzed by standard tools.
• Make the connection between analytics and Big Data
• Understand how Big Data fits within an existing systems environment

• Conduct analytics on repetitive and non-repetitive data

• Discusses the value in Big Data that is often overlooked, non-repetitive data, and why there is significant business value in using it
• Shows how to turn textual information into a form that can be analyzed by standard tools
• Explains how Big Data fits within an existing systems environment
• Presents new opportunities that are afforded by the advent of Big Data
• Demystifies the murky waters of repetitive and non-repetitive data in Big Data

Autorentext

Best known as the "Father of Data Warehousing," Bill Inmon has become the most prolific and well-known author worldwide in the big data analysis, data warehousing and business intelligence arena. In addition to authoring more than 50 books and 650 articles, Bill has been a monthly columnist with the Business Intelligence Network, EIM Institute and Data Management Review. In 2007, Bill was named by Computerworld as one of the "Ten IT People Who Mattered in the Last 40 Years of the computer profession. Having 35 years of experience in database technology and data warehouse design, he is known globally for his seminars on developing data warehouses and information architectures. Bill has been a keynote speaker in demand for numerous computing associations, industry conferences and trade shows. Bill Inmon also has an extensive entrepreneurial background: He founded Pine Cone Systems, later named Ambeo in 1995, and founded, and took public, Prism Solutions in 1991. Bill consults with a large number of Fortune 1000 clients, and leading IT executives on Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, and Database Management, offering data warehouse design and database management services, as well as producing methodologies and technologies that advance the enterprise architectures of large and small organizations world-wide. He has worked for American Management Systems and Coopers & Lybrand. Bill received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Yale University, and his Master of Science degree in Computer Science from New Mexico State University.

Inhalt

1. Corporate Data 2. Big Data 3. Data Warehouse 4. Data Vault 5. Operational Systems 6. Architecture 7. Analysis and Visualization of Data 8. Analytics for Structured Data 9. Analytics for Unstructured Repetitive Data 10. Analytics for Unstructured Non-Repetitive Data 11. Glossary of Terms