ABSTRACT
Many IT organizations are increasingly adopting data warehousing as a way of improving their relationships with corporate users. Proponents of data warehousing technology claim the technology will contribute immensely to a company’s strategic advantage. According to Gartner, U.S. companies spent $7 billion in 1999 on the creation and operation of database warehouses; the amount spent on these techniques has grown by 35 percent annually since 1996.1
Companies contemplating the implementation of a data warehouse need to address many issues concerning strategies, type of the data warehouse, front-end tools, and even corporate culture. Other issues that also need to be examined include who will maintain the data warehouse and how often, and most of all, which corporate users will have access to it.
