Organizations require faster decision making to be competitive in today's marketplace. Data comes in faster and requires immediate conversion. Real-time data warehousing (RDW) is also known as active data warehousing (ADW). RDW is the process of loading and providing data via the data warehouse as it becomes available.

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 For this discussion, explore the following questions:

 In an organization, what kinds of applications require real-time data warehousing?

Discuss applications that do not require real-time data warehousing.

 What is the difference between the two and why is real-time data warehousing important only to some applications?