Pentaho Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL

I get several emails each week that are from folks who have the basics mechanics of being a DBA but are looking to learn how to manage data. They can administer a database server but want to know how to get more out of that data. I now have an excellent book for them to refer.

My copy of Pentaho Solutions: Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing with Pentaho and MySQL arrived last week. I need to disclose that I was originally hired by MySQL to replace one of this books authors, Roland Bouman. He told me a year ago that he was working on this book. And I have found that he is always investigating something interesting.

Now to buy a pair of those cheap terabyte disk drives and load up some data.

This book will end up being one of those tomes that DBAs will have dog-eared, stuffed with Post-It^tm notes, and kept within easy grabbing distance from their seat. Anyone interested in Business Intelligence, Data Warehouses, or who has a boss who wants 'more' from their data needs to get a copy of this book. This is one of the clearest, concise book on data warehousing and shows how to quickly get your data ready for deeper analysis. The book is not only a great introduction to the subject but clearly shows how to progress from the basics to advanced analysis.