Wednesday, September 07, 2011 |
News Highlights
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Mark Madsen
The assumptions that underlie our
methods and designs for analytic systems came from an old world that
no longer exists. We need to assess these assumptions and adjust our
perspective to the new realities.
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Linda Briggs
"As data warehousing designers, our
focus is not on protecting data, but on exposing it," points out
data management expert David Loshin. Growing threats to data
security are bringing that approach into question, as Loshin and
security expert Wasim Ahmad of Voltage Security explain in this two-
part interview on data security. In Part 1, we focus on how security
threats have changed, the growing number of incidents of data
breaches, and why data in transit within the enterprise can be
particularly vulnerable.
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TDWI's Business Intelligence Journal is
accepting educational,
vendor-neutral articles for its spring 2012 issue. Share your BI and
data warehousing expertise with over 7,000 TDWI Members and other
industry professionals -- an exclusive audience of active BI/DW
professionals looking for creative approaches, new ideas,
and a fresh look at tried-and-true techniques. Visit
http://info.101com.com/default.aspx?id=90363 for details.
Submission deadline is December 2.
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Ted Cuzzillo
Everyone's talking about collaboration
-- but what culture and tools does it take to succeed? Six
principles emerged from a discussion among experts at the recent
Pacific Northwest BI Summit.
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This white paper, from What Works in
Healthcare, details seven steps for developing a plan for data
quality -- one that provides the flexibility needed to meet changing
business requirements. (Short, one-time registration required for
access.)
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TDWI Webinar Series:
Speaker:
Philip Russom
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Though unheard of just ten years ago,
data governance is now an ensconced practice, commonly found in a
wide variety of user organizations. Now that data governance has
proved its concept successfully, it faces other challenges, namely
how to grow and sustain momentum. |
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Upcoming Webinars of Interest
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Deciding how to approach BI in an SAP-
centric organization has its challenges. First, there's a dizzying
array of BI solutions available from SAP, third-party software
vendors, external consultants, and IT custom development.
Speaker:
Philip Russom
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Many organizations are now recognizing
the value of deploying a information governance program. As the
information governance team members assess the organization's needs
for defining and approving enterprise policies, their next challenge
is socializing and implementing the corresponding practices for
ensuring that information is accessible, usable and is of acceptable
quality.
Speaker:
David Loshin
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Now
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Events Calendar
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