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Wednesday, July 02, 2014

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Embedding Advanced Analytics

Fern Halper

To get the most value and greatest insight from your analytics, embed your analytics into your business processes.

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Q&A: Advanced Data Visualization: From Atomic Data to Big Data

James Powell

A look at the current issues surrounding advanced visualization, from big data to who needs more powerful features, with Andrew Cardno.

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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Analytics in the Cloud

Stephen Swoyer

It can be fiendishly hard for an organization to translate its business intelligence and analytic practice to the cloud. It can be no easier to spin up a newly launched BI and analytic practice in a cloud context. Cloud platform-as-a-service player GoodData talks about the challenge of doing both.

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Q&A: Streaming Data and Analytics Deliver Real-Time Insights

Linda Briggs

Real-time data and analytics are at the cutting edge of big changes in BI that will affect customer intelligence, process improvement, resource management, and the development of new products and services. We speak with Datawatch's Dan Potter.

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Building Data-Driven Apps: 5 Best Practices

Allen Bonde

Five key tips for building the data-driven customer apps that will define the next wave of the customer experience.

TDWI Webinar Series:

Predictive Analytics for the Business Analyst

Speaker: Fern Halper

July
8
9:00AM PT
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Predictive analytics has finally hit the mainstream as organizations realize its value and how it can help them become more competitive. The technology has also become easier to use. In fact, a current trend in predictive analytics is improving ease of use so that analysts supporting functions such as sales, marketing, and finance can use more sophisticated software.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Business-Driven BI and Analytics

Business executives, managers, and users are deploying the latest tools, services, and applications for BI, analytics, and data discovery. IT isn't disappearing from the picture, but it must adjust how it manages access to data sources and governs BI and analytics. As BI and analytics tools become easier to use and more flexible, the trend toward business users directing their own BI and analytics experiences will accelerate.

Speaker: David Stodder

July
15
9:00AM PT

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Social Media Analytics: Getting Beyond Tracking the Buzz

There are more than 100 vendors offering social media analytics tools, but in reality many simply track "buzz" -- the volume of tweets, blogs, news items, and other places a brand name or topic might appear in social media during a certain time period.

Speaker: Fern Halper

July
16
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

July 8 - 10, 2014

TDWI BI Symposium: BI Essentials, Data Modeling, Analytics, and Agile BI

Toronto, ON

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July 20 - 25, 2014

TDWI World Conference in Boston: Evolving Your Analytics Infrastructure: From DW to Big Data

Boston, MA

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July 21 - 23, 2014

TDWI Executive Summit in Boston: Realizing the Potential of BI, Analytics, and Big Data

Boston, MA

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