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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

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Future BI: The Era of Open or Saleable Data

Stephen Swoyer

Some kinds of data can have value precisely because a company is in a unique position to collect it. Although an enterprise might use data to enhance its internal analytics, it may find a higher return by selling it instead.

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Demand for Analytics Keeps Growing

Stephen Swoyer

Growth in business analytic software demand was impressive last year. Giants IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP control a huge chunk of the market, but SAS and other vendors stand to benefit from the trend according to IDC.

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Q&A: How Data Virtualization Can Rein in Disruptive Technologies

Linda Briggs

Major trends in business intelligence such as big data, mobile devices, and cloud computing are impacting information management. In this interview, Composite Software's Robert Eve discusses how enterprises can respond effectively to these disruptive influences and how data virtualization fits into the picture.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Self-Service BI: The Top 7 Selection Criteria

Speaker: Claudia Imhoff

September
25
9:00AM PT
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Self-service BI is becoming increasingly popular as business users demand more control over their analytical assets and IT continues to be strapped by budget and resource constraints. Many information workers now expect to be able to interact with information and create their own views to address pressing business issues.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

The Role of the Analytic Database in a Modern Data Warehouse Architecture

TDWI sees user organizations continuing their long-running success with various designs and architectures for data warehouses. However, recent business and technology requirements demand support for numerous workloads for advanced analytics and big data, workloads that many data warehouses were not designed for by their users (due to an organizational focus on requirements for reporting and OLAP).

Speaker: Philip Russom

September
27
9:00AM PT

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Emerging Technologies 2013: The Information-Driven Future along with Emerging Technology Strategies for Big Data Analytics

In the new big data environment that is emerging, diverse data from multiple sources is arriving in large volumes on a near-continuous basis. How can you analyze it all fast enough to make informed decisions? Agile development, cloud computing, advanced analytics, text analytics, data visualization, virtualization, open source; social media, collaboration, and mobile BI are evolving.

Speaker: Cindi Howson, Philip Russom, and Paul Kautza

October
1
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

October 1-4, 2012

TDWI Seminar Series: Dimensional Modeling

Vancouver, BC

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October 22-25, 2012

TDWI World Conference: Dimensional Modeling

New York, NY

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November 11-16, 2012

TDWI World Conference: Emerging Technologies 2013

Orlando, FL

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