Project+Conclusion

__**Project Conclusion **__
At the end of my team's project we delivered a very thorough report explaining Manhattan Associates current reporting enviornment, suggested an alternative for improvement, and provided the steps needed to make the transition. This report can be very valuable to Manhattan if the organization decides to move foreward in consolidating their data warehouses, and can be turned over to a production team when designing the new reporting system. The project experience was a great learning experience for me and provides a legitimate project I could discuss in future job interviews. I had never experienced a meeting in corporate settings such as the meetings our team had with Manhattan Associates, and feel I have a better understanding of how a contracted project operates. I also learned more about staging environments, which are becoming increasingly popular among corporations with large data warehouses to increase data integrity and maximize reporting production.

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This article discusses Salesforce.com announcing a new service for 2011 called Database.com. This is very relevant to our project since Manhattan currently utilizes Salesforce.com in some of thier reporting efforts. The article explains how the service utilizes cloud computing and will pose a huge threat to Oracle due to its functionability and efficiency in creating reports.

Finley, Klint. "Salesforce.com Announces Hosted Service Called Database.com - ReadWriteCloud." //ReadWriteWeb - Web Apps, Web Technology Trends, Social Networking and Social Media//. 7 Dec. 2010. Web. 07 Dec. 2010. .