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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

News Highlights

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Does Self-Service Business Intelligence Herald
the End of IT?

Saar Bitner

The changing role of the IT department in modern organizations.

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Why Data Hobbyists Are the Rising Stars of Your Business

Paul Ross

Most data-driven organizations already have data hobbyists on their teams. Here are three ways to empower them and nurture the analytics movement.

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BI at an Inflection Point (Part 2 of 2)

Charles Caldwell

Macro trends illustrate how BI is headed for an inflection point. What does this mean for BI professionals?

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7 Questions to Ask before Hiring a Data Scientist

Yannick Koger

Does your organization need the special skills of a data scientist? Before you begin a talent search, consider answering these seven questions first.

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Aerospike Accelerates Specialty Analytics

Stephen Swoyer

Upstart player Aerospike is betting there's a market for a highly specialized analytics platform. The company's NoSQL database -- dubbed "Aerospike" -- is optimized for so-called "transactional analytic applications."

TDWI Webinar Series:

Embedded Analytics: From Dashboards to Wearables and Beyond

Speaker: Fern Halper

February
19
9:00AM PT
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What does it mean to embed analytics and why is this important for your organization?

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

Making Data Work for You: Data Warehousing in the Cloud

Colin will discuss new approaches to data warehousing and offers practical advice that can help organizations build a flexible, fluid data layer. In addition, he'll examine the changing nature of the data warehouse, how to ensure access, scale, and security; the critical factors for project success; and on- premises, cloud, or hybrid: what makes sense when?

Speaker: Colin White

February
24
9:00AM PT

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TDWI's Top 10 Trends in BI and Analytics for 2015: Setting Your Technology Strategy

TDWI Research Directors Fern Halper and David Stodder will discuss some of the most important developments in technology and practices and how they will impact your strategy. We will look at how business and IT leadership need to respond to new opportunities to improve how their organizations derive insights from data and put them into action.

Speaker: Fern Halper and David Stodder

March
19
9:00AM PT

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Events Calendar

February 22 - 27, 2015

TDWI Las Vegas 2015

Las Vegas, NV

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February 23 - 25, 2015

TDWI Executive Summit in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, NV

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March 16 - 19, 2015

TDWI Dallas Seminar // Business Analytics

Dallas, TX

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