Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Operational Data Store


What is an ODS?

An Operational Data store is a construct, which has been designed to overcome the need for Information (EIS) in the Operational area. It is similar to a data warehouse but differs in many respects. Sitting in between the operational, transaction processing environment and the enterprise data warehouse is this structure called the ODS. The ODS provides foundation to achieve tangible integrated operational results in a short time frame. While the data warehouse offers no relief to the organization struggling with nonintegrated operational systems, the ODS offers immediate relief.

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