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Data Warehousing: Kimball vs Inmon

Anyone involved in the Business Intelligence space has had their head in the sand if they are not aware of the long running, and more often than not misunderstood, debate between the two conceptual models of data warehouse design. Bill Inmon has recently posted an article on www.b-eye-network.com discussing the matter, and to his credit, has tried to put forward a number of balanced pros and cons of each methodology. I’ll state now that…