Matt Oldham

I thought I would post a whitepaper I wrote earlier this year under the auspices of my employer, M. Miller & Associates.  This whitepaper is basically a summary of things I have observed over the course of my career in IT, particularly in regard to database design.  I can assure you that I eat my own dog food when it comes to the things I discuss.  I’m in the trenches every day putting into practice these concepts in order to produce solid, forward thinking designs.  We’ll eventually post this on the company website, but until then I make it available here in hopes it provokes thought and discussion.  Let me know what you think.

OLAP Fiendly OLTP Design – Planning Ahead for the Inevitable Data Warehouse

Well, even though I am not a numerologist, I still think 9/9/09 is a special day.  Why so? Clearly it’s because today is the first general WASABI-SIG meeting.  If you have an interest in data warehousing, business intelligence, data management, systems analysis, data visualization, etc., and most importantly, if you live in the DFW metroplex, I encourage you to come out and be a part of this new special interest group.

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