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| Mission
Statement |
| The mission of WebFarming.com (WFC) is to
provide world-class education and leadership in the emerging area of Web Farming. In the
initial phases, WFC will evangelize the concepts and technology of Web Farming while
maintaining a strong business orientation to its application. With selected clientele, WFC
will offer custom system integration projects, thereby establishing creditability and
proven development procedures. In later phases, the emphasis of WFC will shift to
establishing a professional community of individuals and vendors involved with Web
Farming. |
| Audience
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| The audience for this website is practitioners
who have a strong business vision for the proper application of information technology
(IT) within their enterprises. In particular, these persons lead in innovative
transformations of business processes that alter basic market definitions. By merging the
technologies of business intelligence, data warehousing systems, and web-based information
resources, these persons are enabling their enterprise to thrive in today's turbulent
business climate. |
| Code
of Ethics |
| To evolve a responsible profession for Web
Farming, we must struggle with the issues embodied within a Code of Ethics for Web
Farming. An initial suggestion is offered to stimulate
discussion. |
| About
the Company |
| WebFarming.com (WFC) is a Bolder Technology company that specializes in the practice
and technology of Web Farming. The company is located within the Boulder Technology Incubator in Boulder,
Colorado. For the services offered by WFC, see the Services
section. For address and telephone information, see the Contact section. |
| About Richard Hackathorn |
 Dr. Richard
Hackathorn is president and founder of WFC. He is a well-known technology innovator and
international educator with over thirty years of experience in the IT industry. As a
university professor at the Wharton School and at the University of Colorado, he pioneered
the fundamental concepts of enterprise systems, database management, decision support, and
data warehousing. In 1980, he founded MicroDecisionware, Inc., an early vendor of database
connectivity products that was acquired by Sybase. In 1991, he founded Bolder Technology, Inc. to provide premier consulting
and education services related to data warehousing systems. Recently, he founded WFC to
explore the commercialization of the web farming area.He has published three books, written numerous articles, organized major
conferences, and conducted professional seminars in sixteen countries. He received his
B.S. degree from the California Institute of Technology and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
from the University of California, Irvine. |
| Idea
Inception |
Unlike most ideas, I remember well the moment
that the idea of WebFarming came to me. The event was the CIO Conference in Naples in
March of 1997. I was sitting in a semi-boring presentation by a vendor explaining their
efforts with Data Warehousing. My mind wandered toward more interesting topics. On my
notepad, I noted that "the Web as the Mother of all DW." The maturing of a
corporate data warehouse must involve the integration of data external to the company and
that this data will eventually come from information resources based on the Web.
- Richard Hackathorn |
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