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Ralph Kimball and other Kimball Group members have written over 120 columns for Intelligent Enterprise Magazine and its predecessor, DBMS Magazine.

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Articles 2008
Eight Recommendations for International Data Quality
Language, culture, and country-by-country compliance and privacy requirements are just a few of the tough data quality problems global organizations must solve. Start by addressing data accuracy at the source and adopting an MDM strategy, then follow these six other best-practice approaches.
By Ralph Kimball—August 1, 2008

Microsoft SQL Server Comes of Age for Data Warehousing
With new compression, partitioning and star schema optimization features, Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 is catching up with the state of the industry in data warehousing. Here's why these three capabilities are crucial for scalability and performance on any platform.
By Warren Thornthwaite—June 23, 2008

Better Business Skills for BI and Data Warehouse Professionals
To deliver better intelligence, BI and data warehousing teams need business acumen, interpersonal skills and communication competencies. Here are helpful tips and 12 invaluable resources for career development and success.
By Warren Thornthwaite—May 11, 2008

Should You Use An ETL Tool?
You can still hand-code an extract, transform and load system, but in most cases the self-documentation, structured development path and extensibility of an ETL tool is well worth the cost. Here's a close look at the pros and cons of buying rather than building.
By Joy Mundy—April 06, 2008

Three Ways to Capture Customer Satisfaction
What satisfies, or doesn't satisfy, the customer? Use one of these three powerful data warehouse design approaches to gauge satisfaction and help marketers tease out the customer experience behind various behaviors.
By Ralph Kimball—February 4, 2008