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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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Big Data and Meaningful Storage Metrics

Stephen Swoyer

Big data has the potential to alter the calculus by which data management groups buy, manage, and structure information storage.

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Everything They Ever Wanted to Know About YOU

Michael Schiff

The recent revelations about the NSA's data collection highlight privacy issues, which enterprises also face as they build a more complete view of their customers.

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3 Best Practices for Marketing Your IT Department to BI Users (Part 2 of 2)

Max T. Russell

A united effort to implement basic marketing concepts in-house will earn your IT team a reputation as experts, servants, and leaders.

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Q&A: The Next Big Step in Healthcare: Turning Data into Information (Part 1 of 2)

Linda Briggs

Healthcare organizations have plenty of data, but they need to start turning it into useful information -- especially as new healthcare regulations push rapid change. In this first part of a two-part interview, Dr. Kevin Dawson, who has years of experience in executive-level healthcare management from the IT side, discusses the BI challenges facing the healthcare industry.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Converting Big Data into Business Value with Analytics

Speaker: Colin White

June
26
9:00AM PT
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Most everyone by now has heard about big data and big data analytics, as it seems that every vendor has managed to work these terms into their marketing messages. However, to date, most of these discussions have centered on the definition of big data and the intricacies of the technologies involved, rather than on how to apply new sources of data and new analytic technologies for business benefit.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Getting Started With Big Data and Analytics

Big data and analytics have received significant attention in the media recently, and TDWI has seen growing adoption of these technologies by organizations looking to become more competitive. Organizations are using big data with analytics to extend current initiatives in new and innovative ways.

Speakers: Fern Halper and Colin White

June
27
9:00AM PT

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Data Visualization and Discovery for Better Business Decisions

Data visualization and visual data discovery can enable diverse types of users to see significant trends and patterns in data that they would have struggled to see in voluminous tabular reports and spreadsheets. As big data volumes grow and organizations seek to integrate diverse and complex information, users' ability to comprehend information quickly and put it to productive use hinges on data visualization.

Speaker: David Stodder



July
9
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

August 12-15, 2013

TDWI Seminar Series: BI Essentials and Foundations in Analytics

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TDWI World Conference: Agile BI

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August 19-21, 2013

TDWI Executive Summit 2013

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