The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?32 reviews David Brin Basic Books, 1999 Puts NSA Wiretapping in Context + Fascinating reading + Important perspective on the threat to privacy posed by our technology It is helpful to return to this book, from 1998, and to a follow on book, "the digital person" published in 2004, as context for the recent bru-ha-ha over NSA wiretapping without a warrant, and the loss to theft of tens of thousands of social security number and other personal information of ...             The Data Model Resource Book, Vol. 2: A Library of Data Models for Specific Industries17 reviews Len Silverston Wiley, 2001 Is it worth buying a book for only one chapter? + Great Resource for Student or Professional + Best choice for advanced data modeling. + A Great Time Saver!             The Data Model Resource Book, Vol. 1: A Library of Universal Data Models for All Enterprises31 reviews Len Silverston Wiley, 2001 The Resource Book is just that + Still pertinent.. + A "Must-Have" For Every Modeling Job + Good, but sometimes a little too "kitchen sink"             The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit : Expert Methods for Designing, Developing, and Deploying Data Warehouses49 reviews Ralph Kimball, Laura Reeves, ... Wiley, 1998 The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit + From a newbie ... + Excelent but to many repeatings... The bible of Data Warehousing by the guru of the Data Warehouse for all levels of expertise.             MDX Solutions: With Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 and Hyperion Essbase7 reviews George Spofford, Sivakumar Harinath, ... Wiley, 2006 the best MDX book + excellent book for mdx + MDX Solutions: With Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services 2005 and Hyperion Essbase This is the best MDX book available as far as I know. I read several other analysis services and MDX related books and articles but if you are working on a project that uses any MDX based technologies (not only Analysis Server and Hyperion, but also SAS OLAP Server, Mondrian, etc), this book is a ...             The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit: With SQL Server 2005 and the Microsoft Business Intelligence Toolset18 reviews Joy Mundy, Warren Thornthwaite Wiley, 2006 Very approachable but authoritative source on DW + Very complete + Essential Reading for Data Warehousing with SQL Server 2005 + Not for Beginners?             Expert SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (Programmer to Programmer)14 reviews Brian Knight, Erik Veerman Wrox, 2007 perfect addition to BOL + Good example and material + Forged from developing production ETL systems there is a lot of advanced features of SSIS that I needed to learn, that BOL and Google seraches were not helping with. This book was a great help. It is advanced, and not meant to be your primary resource or used for learning SSIS.             Rainbows End81 reviews Vernor Vinge Tor Science Fiction, 2007 Rainbows End, not Rainbow's End + Fiction or Prophesy? + Rainbow's End review + Let the Rabbit show you a new world + "Maybe there was some word for these ... children. Paraliterate?"             Applied Microsoft Analysis Services 2005: And Microsoft Business Intelligence Platform23 reviews Teo Lachev Prologika Press, 2005 Great reference + good, but not great + Easy understanding + Not a bad resource             The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Extracting, Cleanin12 reviews Ralph Kimball, Joe Caserta Wiley, 2004 Another Kimball Toolkit + The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Extracting, Cleaning + ETL Toolkit + Good for anyone who wants to Learn ETL + Another tool in the shed             Data Quality: The Accuracy Dimension (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)6 reviews Jack E. Olson Morgan Kaufmann, 2003 Best Data Quality Book (repost) + If you can only read one book on the subject.... + Practical techniques that will have an impact on your ETL + A groundbreaking book! The scoop on Data Profiling.             The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling (Second Edition)27 reviews Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross Wiley, 2002 A tool rather than a toolkit + A must have for any data warehouse architect + One of the best technical books ever + Excellent blend of technical and business concepts + Good for Dimentional Modeling             The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit : Expert Methods for Designing, Developing, and Deploying Data Warehouses49 reviews Ralph Kimball, Laura Reeves, ... Wiley, 1998 The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit + From a newbie ... + Excelent but to many repeatings... The bible of Data Warehousing by the guru of the Data Warehouse for all levels of expertise.             The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Extracting, Cleanin12 reviews Ralph Kimball, Joe Caserta Wiley, 2004 Another Kimball Toolkit + The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Extracting, Cleaning + ETL Toolkit + Good for anyone who wants to Learn ETL + Another tool in the shed             The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom?32 reviews David Brin Basic Books, 1999 Puts NSA Wiretapping in Context + Fascinating reading + Important perspective on the threat to privacy posed by our technology It is helpful to return to this book, from 1998, and to a follow on book, "the digital person" published in 2004, as context for the recent bru-ha-ha over NSA wiretapping without a warrant, and the loss to theft of tens of thousands of social security number and other personal information of ...             Rainbows End81 reviews Vernor Vinge Tor Science Fiction, 2007 Rainbows End, not Rainbow's End + Fiction or Prophesy? + Rainbow's End review + Let the Rabbit show you a new world + "Maybe there was some word for these ... children. Paraliterate?"             The Data Model Resource Book, Vol. 2: A Library of Data Models for Specific Industries17 reviews Len Silverston Wiley, 2001 Is it worth buying a book for only one chapter? + Great Resource for Student or Professional + Best choice for advanced data modeling. + A Great Time Saver!             The Data Warehouse Toolkit: The Complete Guide to Dimensional Modeling (Second Edition)27 reviews Ralph Kimball, Margy Ross Wiley, 2002 A tool rather than a toolkit + A must have for any data warehouse architect + One of the best technical books ever + Excellent blend of technical and business concepts + Good for Dimentional Modeling             The Data Model Resource Book, Vol. 1: A Library of Universal Data Models for All Enterprises31 reviews Len Silverston Wiley, 2001 The Resource Book is just that + Still pertinent.. + A "Must-Have" For Every Modeling Job + Good, but sometimes a little too "kitchen sink"             Data Quality: The Accuracy Dimension (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)6 reviews Jack E. Olson Morgan Kaufmann, 2003 Best Data Quality Book (repost) + If you can only read one book on the subject.... + Practical techniques that will have an impact on your ETL + A groundbreaking book! The scoop on Data Profiling.