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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

News Highlights

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IBM Neo Heats Up Competition in BI Search

Cindi Howson

IBM's project Neo is heating up competition in BI search and cloud BI.

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3 Use Cases for Hybrid Cloud BI and Analytics

Fern Halper

Many companies, large and small alike, are already using some kind of hybrid approach to cloud BI -- even if they don't think they are.

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Q&A: Making Good Use of Analytics in Higher Ed

Linda Briggs

Leaders in technology at two Arizona universities discuss how they have successfully used analytics in higher education.

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Data Governance: Decision Rights Not Decision Avoidance

Kimberly Nevala

Why enterprises need to create agility while managing risk.

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Best Practices for Big Data Management

Stephen Swoyer

The time-tested term "data management" is being updated to reflect a changing technological and cultural landscape. A new report from TDWI Research outlines a best practices approach to "big data management."

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"Successful BI" Survey Needs Your Input

The 2013 Successful BI Survey shows BI adoption is only 24 percent of employees and that BI tools are easy (enough). What do you say? Tell BI Scorecard and get a free summary of the survey highlights and a chance to win $100. Hurry -- the survey closes soon!

TDWI Webinar Series:

Geospatial Analytics for Business Value

Speaker: Fern Halper

December
17
9:00AM PT
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More and more, companies are looking to a variety of data types and new forms of analysis in order to remain competitive. Geospatial data is emerging as an important source of information, both in traditional and big data analytics. Companies are using geospatial data and geospatial analytics in applications ranging from marketing to operations. The analytics are moving past mapping to more sophisticated use cases.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Predictive Analytics for Accelerating Business Advantage

There is considerable buzz in the IT industry about in-memory technologies. At the same time, there is considerable confusion about the role and benefits of these technologies in business intelligence processing and performance. A major reason for this confusion is that in-memory computing means different things to different people.

Speaker: Fern Halper

January
14
9:00AM PT

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Introducing the TDWI Big Data Maturity Model

Many end-user organizations are currently commencing or expanding solutions for big data and big data analytics. They want to understand how to approach big data and where they stand relative to other companies, especially their competitors. In October 2013, TDWI launched its Big Data Maturity Model Assessment Tool, which can help to guide IT and business professionals on their big data journey. The assessment looks at companies across five dimensions that impact maturity, including organization, infrastructure, data management, analytics, and governance.

Speaker: Fern Halper

February
11
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

February 17-20, 2014

TDWI Seminar Series: Building the Foundation for Business Analytics in Your Organization

London, UK

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February 23-28, 2014

TDWI World Conference: The Evolving Information Architecture

Las Vegas, NV

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TDWI BI Executive Summit: New Directions in Analytics and Data Architecture

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