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Information Visualization is a method of presenting data or information in non-traditional, interactive graphical forms. The goal is to present the information intuitively and succinctly, leading to quicker, better decisions.
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The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language. It is classified as an extensible language because it allows its users to define their own tags. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of structured data across different information systems, particularly via the Internet. It is used both to encode documents and serialize data.
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Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) is a process in data warehousing that involves…
- Extracting data from outside sources,
- Transforming it to fit business needs, and ultimately
- Loading it into the data warehouse.
ETL is important, as it is the way data actually gets loaded into the warehouse.
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Professional Dashboards are used as business management tools to visually ascertain the status (or “health”) of a business enterprise via key business indicators. The goal is to present the information intuitively and succinctly, leading to quicker, better decisions by executives.
Dashboard Example 1
Dashboard Example 2
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Web services the a term used to describe a standardized way of integrating multiple online web protocols such as XML, SHTML, PERL, CGI and creating a user friendly experience to your targeted audience.
An enterprise information portal is a framework for integrating information, people and processes across organizational boundaries. It provides a single point of entry, often in the form of a web-based user interface, and is designed to aggregate information through application-specific portlets.
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Performance measurement is the process of assessing progress toward achieving predetermined goals. Performance management is building on that process, adding the relevant communication and action on the progress achieved against these predetermined goals.
Simply put, performance management helps organizations achieve their strategic goals.
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Once data is in a data warehouse, the fun begins.
To deliver value from their data warehousing investments, organizations equip business users with a variety of analytic tools that enable them to access, view, and analyze the data in the warehouse. These business analytic tools range from basic query and reporting tools, to OLAP and data mining tools, to textual and spatial analysis.
