FROM DATA WAREHOUSES TO TRANSFORMATION HUBS –A CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE

Originally, Data Warehouses (DWH) were conceived to be components for the data support ofcontrolling and management. From early on, this brought along the need to cope with extensive datapreparation, integration, and distribution requirements. In the growing infrastructures for managerialsupport (“Business Intelligence”), the DWH turned into a central data hub for decision support. Asthe business environment and the underlying technical infrastructures are fostering an ever increasingdegree of systems integration, the DWH has been recognized to be a pivotal component for all sorts ofdata transformation and data integration operations.[...]