Re: No brainer of the day

> > Mark Denham (Mark.Denham@bbc.co.uk) wrote: > > : I'm tired of hearing the terms data mining and data warehousing without > : fully understanding what they mean. I also get the impression that their are > : different views of what they mean being banded about. > > According to a recent article in Computerworld July 10 1995 > > Data warehousing, or data mining, is the 'current' buzzword for an enhanced > decision support system. ie; gather infor (usually sales or cusomer service > info) from various organizational departments to allow managers to > see trends in business that may otherwise go unnoticed > I talked to Clem yesterday on this very topic. I have a sort of ok article in the DC area newsletter talking about what a warehouse is. You can check it out at: http://www.access.digex.net/~lester/waiug.html#data warehouse I am not real familiar with the term 'data mining' but I like Clems suggestion that it refers to drawing realtionships out of existing data - like spotting trends between one column and another. In this case 'Data Mining' is something that can best be done WITH a data warehouse. cheers j. _____________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA jparker@hpbs3645.boi.hp.com _____________________________________________________________________________ Discover America, get lost on a rally. _____________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. _____________________________________________________________________________