A massive parallel processor (MPP) platform is the most advanced option for a scalable data warehousing or e-commerce foundation. However successful deployment requires that you carefully tailor database architecture to the underlying hardware platform.

Metadata has been an afterthought among business and IT managers, despite its importance in data warehousing, ERP, and electronic data interchange systems. Wake up: Without a metadata management strategv, your organization has little hope ofsuccessful e-business transformation.

It's been said that on the Internet, no one knows if you're a dog The same principle applies in e-business: No one knows if you're a small or mid-sized company Indeed, as this case study attests, making the right decisions about IT infrastructure can help smaller organizations drive e-business growth as effectively as larger ones.