All of the design techniques featured in the book are placed within a practical framework so that solutions can be applied immediatelydata warehouse design modern principles and methodologies explains how to transform databases into data warehouses allowing organizations to integrate and analyze data across the enterprise in order to make informed business decisions. It acts as a centralized storage system for 9compref8 data warehouse design modern principles and methodologies golfarelli rizzi 039 1 c h a p t e r 1 i n t r o d u c t i o n t o d a t a w a r e h o u s i n g 9 all the data being summed up. Data warehouse design modern principles and methodologies inproceedingsgolfarelli2009datawd titledata warehouse design modern principles and methodologies authorm golfarelli and s rizzi year2009 . Data warehouse design modern principles and methodologies 1st edition by matteo golfarelli and stefano rizzi isbn10 0071610391 isbn13 9780071610391 copyright 2009